198733 - No way to prevent default message format from being HTML

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 47140

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[Antonio M. D'souza]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312

I don't think this happens in the Linux version but on Windows all my new
messages are set to be HTML format by default & I seem to have no way of
altering this. 
My preferences are set to convert everything to plaintext. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Moz 1.3 on Windows
2. Set preferences to convert all outgoing messages to plain text. This may not
be necessary but I think it highlights the extent of the problem. 
3. Hit ctrl+M or the new message button in MailNews to open a new blank message
compostion window. 

Actual Results:  
There HTML formatting toolbar is visible. 

Expected Results:  
I would like it to assume all my outbound messages are plaintext by default. 

Replying to a message from my Inbox also sets HTML as the default format.
However, if I pick a card from my Addressbook that has the preferred message
format set to plaintext then the new composition window does not assume I want
an HTML format message.

Comment 1

[Patrick]

Depending how one reads this bug it could be seen as a request for a
preference bug 115439. 

Otherwise this is bug 47140.

Reporter, please search bugzilla before filing a new bug [my search terms were
"default" and "HTML"]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 47140 ***

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

Reporter: On the Mailnews menuline, click Edit->Mail and Newsgroups Accound
Settings. Uncheck "Compose messages in HTML format".

Comment 3

[Antonio M. D'souza]

Damn I missed that when I was searching in the Prefs for this option! I must
have unchecked it in my Linux profile...