```ruby
# Add a callback - to be executed before each request in development,
# and at startup in production - to patch existing app classes.
# Doing so in init/environment.rb wouldn't work in development, since
# classes are reloaded, but initialization is not run each time.
# See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7072758/plugin-not-reloading-in-development-mode
#
# Rails.configuration.to_prepare do
#     OutgoingMessage.class_eval do
#         # Add intro paragraph to new request template
#         def default_letter
#             return nil if self.message_type == 'followup'
#             #"If you uncomment this line, this text will appear as default text in every message"
#         end
#     end
# end
```

Add intro paragraph to new request template
user
```ruby
# Add a callback - to be executed before each request in development,
# and at startup in production - to patch existing app classes.
# Doing so in init/environment.rb wouldn't work in development, since
# classes are reloaded, but initialization is not run each time.
# See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7072758/plugin-not-reloading-in-development-mode

Rails.configuration.to_prepare do
    OutgoingMessage.class_eval do
        # Add intro paragraph to new request template
        def default_letter
            return nil if self.message_type == 'followup'
            _("I would like to ask for the following information under Law no " \
              "04/2013 of 08/02/2013 relating to access to information.\n\n")
        end
    end
end
```
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