Re: [LUG] Thunderbird

[Simon Avery <dclug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matt Lee wrote:
> I'm thinking of moving away from Apple Mail and using Thunderbird for my 
> email, as I can run it on GNU/Linux and on my Macintosh, so it'll be 
> consistent.

I like it too.

> 0. How can I make it so that all email I send is in plain text by 
> default? I don't like HTML email.

Tools -> Account Settings.

Select the account you want to change, then select "Composition and 
Addressing" and simply untick the default "Compose messages in HTML"

Bad default, imo.

> 1. Incoming mail should be converted to text, or at least only show me 
> the text version -- I don't want to have to see other people's fonts 
> choices.

Right-Click each inbox (or filtered folder), select "Properties".
Check codepage is ok.
Tick "Apply default to all messages..."

That should work.

--
Simon Avery

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