167089 - Mail messages do not display in HTML

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[meniscus]

Using build 2002090508, though I have seen this problem in recent previous builds...

Emails that are received in HTML format are not displayed in HTML, but rather
some odd parsing scheme. For example, I sent myself a message, in HTML,
containing the following:

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Testing bold.

Testing italic.

Testing color.

Testing font.
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Where each line demonstrated the named formatting effect; what I received was,
literally:

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*Testing bold.* /Testing italic./ Testing color. Testing font.
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I have checked all of my composition options, and set my email address to
"prefers to receive in HTML format", etc. etc... there doesn't seem to be a
work-around. Seems as if the MailNews HTML renderer is busted.

Comment 1

[Ere Maijala (slow)]

Reporter, have you selected View -> Message Body As -> Plain Text? That would
cause the described behavior.

Comment 2

[meniscus]

I checked that setting, and that fixed the problem. Don't know how it got
changed, as I didn't even know it was there... oh well. Please close this bug
(not sure if I am supposed to do that or not).

Comment 3

[Ere Maijala (slow)]

Marking invalid.