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Sending Plain Text E-mail Messages

Netscape Communicator 4.5 - 4.7

 

Unfortunately, Netscape Communicator 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 also come packaged with mail programs whose default configuration is to send HTML formatted mail.

• Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences..."
• Click on the plus sign "+" before "Mail & Newsgroups"
• Click on "Messages" in left pane
• In the "Forward and Replying to Messages", change the "By default, forward messages:" to Inline.
• In the "Send messages that use 8-bit characters", click on "As is".
• Click on "Formatting" in left pane
• In the section "Message formatting", click on "Use the plain text editor to compose messages"
• In the section "When sending HTML mail messages...", click on "Ask me what to do..."
• Click on "OK".

Netscape Messenger can also be configured to send Address Book Cards (also referred to as vCards) with your e-mail. These are attachments, which show up as strings of unreadable code on most mailing lists. To turn these off:

• Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences..."
• Click on the plus sign "+" before "Mail & Newsgroups"
• Click on "Identity" in the left pane
• Uncheck the check box that says "Attach my personal card..."
• Click on "OK"

 

Original material courtesy of Gerald E. Boyd.