278874 - Unable to compose mail in text format, composer chooses HTML regardless of setting

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Kaoru Nagisa]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041118 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041118 Firefox/1.0

Even though option "Compose messages in HTML format" is disabled in every
account's settings, mail composer always creates mails in HTML format.

This setting is clearly recognizable, as proportional font is used in text
field. Additional proof can be made by setting default foreground color for HTML
text (through Edit / Preferences / Display / HTML Messages / Text color) to a
distinct color, green for example, and then every new message will have green
text color.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create mail account, or take an existing one
2. Go to Account Properties / "Composition & Adressing" configuration dialog
3. Uncheck "Compose messages in HTML format" option and click OK
4. Start composition of a new mail by clicking "Write" button in the toolbar

Actual Results:  
New message is being composed in HTML format

Expected Results:  
Message is being composed in text format, using fixed-width font

Comment 1

[Doug Wright]

WFM Tb 1.0 WinXP

Comment 2

[Albert Feller]

-->WFM TB1.0 Win2k
reporter: can you reproduce the bug with a fresh profile/a recent nightly of tb?

could be a duplicate of bug 268665 bug 271710

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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