On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 17:34 +0200, Milan Crha wrote: > On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 23:03 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > > My settings are 'Prefer plain' as well, on 2.26. My issue is that some > > of the mail I'm receiving doesn't respond well, for example HTML-only > > mail that DOES render okay in plain text gets the HTML shown, while some > > mail which doesn't make sense in text (for example, release > > announcements from sony.com for new DVDs/movies) shows in PLAIN rather > > than HTML, simply because the incoming mails have both. > > I'm quite unsure whether I follow fully. It seems that we understand > each other that there are (for us) three types of emails: > a) containing only plain text part > b) containing only HTML text part > c) containing both plain and HTML part in a multipart/alternative part
Yes, precisely. (snips off explanation) > > > ... > > So, for example, I may prefer > > plain text, and only see the HTML when I want to (loading up > > epiphany/firefox just to read an email seems a bit OTT to me though). > > see below > > > Or, I may prefer HTML and only want plain text when I have misbehaving > > HTML which can't be read (white text on white background, for example, > > since I'm using a dark theme). > > > > 'Prefer Plain' addresses the first use-case, but is a bit of a > > work-around, using an external web browser. > With the "Prefer plain" set I'm not forced to open the HTML part in the > browser, I can choose "View Inline" or simply click the button beside > the arrow at the bottom of the message, and the part will be expanded > inline, in the message. Thank you! I was precisely searching for something like 'show inline', can't believe I'd missed it till now. > > Its of no help in the > > second, that is, if the default is 'Show HTML if present', there is no > > way to 'show this particular message as plain text'. > > I believe the "Prefer Plain" is what you want, maybe you only missed the > possibility of inline showing? > > Oops, I'm sorry for longer mail. > Bye, > Milan Still have a (admittedly smaller) issue with the fact that its not possible to have the following situation:- DEfAULT: show HTML if present (meaning both types b and c from above) RUN-TIME: show plain-text for some individual mails (of type c, obviously) which do not render properly WISH-LIST: convert mails of type b to plain text, again on demand from the user (ie. something like 'inline showing' but the reverse) _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
