When you are done composing your message, choose Make Plain Text from the Format menu.
You can make plain text the default by going to the Mail menu and selecting Preferences. Choose Composing from the row of icons at the top of the Preferences window. Near the top of the new window, select Format: Plain Text. Now all outgoing messages are plain text by default.
NOTE: AOL 10.2.1 for Mac OS X appears incapable of sending plain text e-mail.
Original material courtesy of Gerald E. Boyd.
Last modified:
May 24, 2007