On Wednesday, 07.09.2005 at 13:13 +0100, Peter J Ross wrote: > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 03:52:28AM +0100, Peter J Ross wrote: > > > Drifting further off-topic, I notice that Mozilla Thunderbird > > defaults to sending html email. > > No it doesn't, as I've learned after too hastily submitting a wishlist > bug (#327011). The default is to *compose* as HTML, but to *send* as > plain text, with such elements as boldface, bulleted lists and > graphical smileys converted to plain text equivalents. HTML is used > only for recipients specified in preferences as wanting to receive it. > > That's a really nice feature, IMO, but I wish it were less confusingly > described. "Compose as HTML" seems naturally to imply "Send as HTML" > to me.
I took it to mean that too, which is why I deliberately uncheck "Compose as HTML" when deploying it. The fact that it will actually *send* in plain text, even if I forget to uncheck "Compose as HTML" is actually quite handy, although confusing as you point out :-) Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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