Stanimir Stamenkov <s7a...@netscape.net> writes:

>> Since posting that article, I found that if an email is saved as
>> draft, it is saved in HTML format, even if it is a plain text
>> message. So I guess it is converted from HTML to text as it is sent.
>
> If it gets saved in HTML you should be really composing it in
> HTML. Have never seen such behavior of composing in plain text, and
> then message being saved as HTML draft, using any version of
> SeaMonkey.  Does any of this change if you press and hold Shift while
> pressing the "Compose" button? (this alternates the preferred
> composition format)
>

OK, I tried shift compose and it is indeed wrapping as I type. What I
was doing before was pressing compose, and then selecting option -
format - plain text. I thought that amounted to the same thing. The
formatting toolbar disappears. But apparently it is not the same thing.

>> This may also be dependent on me using IMAP.
>
> I'm almost exclusively using IMAP (except one POP3 account), and
> haven't experienced what you're describing.
>
>> For the time being I am going to use gnus for posting to mailing
>> lists.
>>
>> I am not sure if this is a bug, or intended behaviour. I just tried
>> seamonkey 2.40 with a new profile and I see the same thing
>> there. Compose a new message and type text, it does not wrap at 72
>> characters.
>
> This is quite weird.  I wonder if it could be related to the
> platform/environment you're running SeaMonkey in.

It looks like user error. I should read the manual.
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