Closed Bug 346040 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Text copied from other emails bracketed by asterisks in the message.

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Message Compose Window
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: misfire, Assigned: mscott)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060127 Netscape/8.1 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060127 Netscape/8.1 I send an email to a friend. Another asks about the same subject, so I go to my SENT file and copy the text sent previously. Copied text is ALWAYS *bracketed* by asterisks when the new email is sent, which is unnecessary and annoying. Why would I want my friends to know that I had to copy and paste my own words into their email from another email I'd sent to someone else? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go to SENT file. 2. Copy text from a previously sent email. 3. Paste text into new email message. 4. Send to yourself or anyone else. 5. Check sent file for that email. See asterisks bracketing all copied and pasted text. Actual Results: Asterisks precede and follow all text (from any source) that has been copied and pasted from another email you have sent previously. Expected Results: Asterisks! Pasted the text in the same format as the original without asterisks.
Which version of thunderbird? (Try 1.5.0.x if that's not the case). Anyway, worksforme on Gecko/20060727 Thunderbird/2.0a1
(In reply to comment #1) > Which version of thunderbird? (Try 1.5.0.x if that's not the case). > > Anyway, worksforme on Gecko/20060727 Thunderbird/2.0a1 > I have version 1.5.0.4.
One thing that could lead to this would be if you are composing in HTML, copying and pasting bold text, and sending the message as plain text. (Compose as HTML but send as plain happens quite frequently; you can avoid this by going to the Address Book card for your friend and setting it to "Prefers to receive HTML"; or, by changing your own preference to compose as plain text.)
Reporter (Misfire): did comment 3 help you solve the problem?
I have all recipients in my address books marked to accept HTML.
(In reply to comment #5) > I have all recipients in my address books marked to accept HTML. Presumably you think that answered my question, but in fact it appears as a non sequitur.
No response from reporter => Invalid
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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