- Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences..."
- Click on the plus sign before "Mail & Newsgroups"
- Click on "Message Composition" in left pane
- In the "Forwarding and Replying to Messages" section, change the "Forward messages:" to Inline.
- In the "Composing Messages" section, unckeck the box in front of "For messages that contain 8-bit characters..."
- Click on "Send Format" in left pane
- In the section "When sending message in HTML format...", click on the bullet in front of "Ask me what to do..."
- Click on "OK".
Note the section titled "Plain Text and HTML Domains". You should add your mailing list domains under the "Plain Text Domains" to ensure that all e-mail sent to a mailing list is always in plain text.
When in a new message screen (Compose)
- Select "Options" in the taskbar
- Select "Format"
- Click on "Plain text only". The default is probably shown as "Auto-Detect"
- Send the message
Original material courtesy of Gerald E. Boyd.
Last modified:
May 24, 2007