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diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index fb12c2248747..a0b58e29f911 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -186,26 +186,8 @@ Sylpheed (GUI) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thunderbird (GUI) -By default, thunderbird likes to mangle text, but there are ways to -coerce it into being nice. - -- Under account settings, composition and addressing, uncheck "Compose - messages in HTML format". - -- Edit your Thunderbird config settings to tell it not to wrap lines: - user_pref("mailnews.wraplength", 0); - -- Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use format=flowed: - user_pref("mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed", false); - -- You need to get Thunderbird into preformat mode: -. If you compose HTML messages by default, it's not too hard. Just select - "Preformat" from the drop-down box just under the subject line. -. If you compose in text by default, you have to tell it to compose a new - message in HTML (just as a one-off), and then force it from there back to - text, else it will wrap lines. To do this, use shift-click on the Write - icon to compose to get HTML compose mode, then select "Preformat" from - the drop-down box just under the subject line. +Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there are ways +to coerce it into behaving. - Allows use of an external editor: The easiest thing to do with Thunderbird and patches is to use an @@ -215,6 +197,27 @@ coerce it into being nice. View->Toolbars->Customize... and finally just click on it when in the Compose dialog. +To beat some sense out of the internal editor, do this: + +- Under account settings, composition and addressing, uncheck "Compose + messages in HTML format". + +- Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use format=flowed. + Go to "edit->preferences->advanced->config editor" to bring up the + thunderbird's registry editor, and set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to + "false". + +- Enable "preformat" mode: Shft-click on the Write icon to bring up the HTML + composer, select "Preformat" from the drop-down box just under the subject + line, then close the message without saving. (This setting also applies to + the text composer, but the only control for it is in the HTML composer.) + +- Install the "toggle wordwrap" extension. Download the file from: + https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/2351/ + Then go to "tools->add ons", select "install" at the bottom of the screen, + and browse to where you saved the .xul file. This adds an "Enable + Wordwrap" entry under the Options menu of the message composer. + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TkRat (GUI) |