Please do NOT top-post. On Sunday, September 14, 2014 05:27:22 PM Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > It remembers the setting but even when it is turned on it only sends HTML if > you use Rich Text formatting on the email, so you enable it by actually > using rich text. > At least that's how it works for me and I keep it on all the time.
Do you? Can you send a screenshot of the top part of your komposer window showing all your settings? > Maybe you're doing something that uses rich text without noticing, I think > there's an option > to parse smileys (I can't check as I'm not on Kmail now) so if you got that > enabled > and type a smiley it turns HTML on? I don't, actually. When the "Rich Text" button is on, HTML is enabled, regardless of what I type. If I were to send this email with "Rich Text" on, you would see an HTML email. -- Joost > > -----Original Message----- > From: J. Roeleveld > Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 3:29 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Forcing kmail to always default to NON-html email > On Saturday, September 13, 2014 05:19:17 PM Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > > On Saturday 13 September 2014 9:54:34 AM J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > On 13 September 2014 09:49:19 CEST, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >On Saturday 13 Sep 2014 07:56:50 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > > > >> > > > >> I have not been able to find a setting anywhere in KMail to force it > > > > > > > >to > > > > > > > >> always default to plain-text emails when creating a new email or > > > > > > > >replying. > > > > > > > >> The few times I actually need html functionality, I prefer to just > > > > > > > >enable > > > > > > > >> it for that single email. Unfortunately, kmail tends to remember the > > > > > > > >last > > > > > > > >> setting. > > > >> > > > >> Is there any setting I have missed? Or is this something I need to > > > > > > > >take up > > > > > > > >> with KDE upstream? > > > > > > > >As far as I know it will remember the previous selection under Options > > > >in your > > > >message editor, for all of the settings therein. It would be nice if > > > >these > > > >could be set and honoured as a default preference under say, > > > >Settings/Configure Kmail/Composer, then overriden on a message by > > > >message > > > >basis using the Options in each message. > > > > > > My point exactly. > > > I'll try to log a feature request with KDE upstream this weekend if > > > noone > > > > comes with a working solution before then. > > > > > -- > > > Joost > > > > For me the composer does remember the last setting, however unless you use > > any of the formatting options it sends the message as plain text. > > > > For replying there's the option under Composer > General to "Reply or > > forward using HTML if present". If I uncheck that it always quotes the > > original message using plain-text so unless I use formatting it gets sent > > as text. > > > > Am I missing something? > > I'm afraid yes, as that setting has been unchecked since day 1. > > There are times I actually need to send HTML emails. To do that, I need to > press the "Rich Text" button when creating the email (in the compose email > window). > > That setting is then remembered the next time I send a new message or want > to > reply to an email. > Usually I do remember to switch it off, but not always, as is evident when I > accidentally send an HTML email. I need an option in KMail where the "Rich > Text" button is off by default and requires enabling specifically. > > -- > Joost
