tags 327011 + wontfix thanks ok, will keep it open and tag it wontfix so it gets documented for the future.
Thanks for confirming this default behaviour. Since I rarely reset my production thunderbird its sometimes hard to remember the exact default behaviour. On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 01:01:52PM +0100, Peter J Ross wrote: > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 12:49:07PM +0200, Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail > wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 04:57:32AM +0100, Peter J Ross wrote: > > > Package: mozilla-thunderbird > > > Version: 1.0.6-3 > > > Severity: wishlist > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > I notice that the default option in Thunderbird for each new account > > > is to turn "Compose messages in HTML format" on. Would it be possible > > > to change this setting to reflect normal email practice among Linux > > > users and protect unwary new users from the consequences of sending > > > html email where it's unwelcome? > > > > > > It seems that the setting is in > > > /usr/lib/mozilla-thunderbird/defaults/pref/mailnews.js > > > (unless another file overrides it). > > > > > > pref("mail.identity.default.compose_html", true); > > > > > > > The question is whether this really means that messages are send as > > html by default. If you compose as html and send plain text you get > > the behaviour that bold text is automatically surrounded by *, italic > > by / and underline by _. Further thunderbird converts unnumbered and > > numbered lists IIRC. So in this case composing as html is indeed a > > good option that anybody wants, right? > > > > You see that thunderbird really sends mail as html too by default? > > Maybe this is another setting? > > Experiment shows that the behaviour is as you describe. Smiley icons > are also converted to text equivalents. Even the option in the compose > window to send as HTML is ignored unless the recipient is specified in > preferences as willing to receive HTML. > > It's a very nice feature, but it isn't documented in the official FAQ > or Tips, and didn't seem to be mentioned in bugzilla or mozillazine > when I checked Google before reporting. In these circumstances, I > don't think it's unreasonable for a user looking at account settings > to assume that a message composed with HTML will be sent as HTML, and > thus never know about the feature. However, that's an upstream > documentation/usability issue, and the fault I thought I'd found > doesn't exist. > > Thanks for the information. > - Alexander p.s. please take care that the bug is listed as To: or CC: when replying to this mail (e.g. /reply-all/). -- GPG messages preferred. | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** Alexander Sack | : :' : The universal [EMAIL PROTECTED] | `. `' Operating System http://www.asoftsite.org | `- http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]