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From: Barry Margolin on 15 Jan 2010 22:14 In article <150120101817258996%ken(a)glass-stones.com>, Ken Lucke <ken(a)glass-stones.com> wrote: > Yes, it *sends* it as mime-encoded, but it refuses to display it on my > computer in any way, shape, or form other than plaintext, unless I > choose > View---> Message---> Next Alternative > which then shows it properly. But this apparently cannot be set > permanently, AFAICT. > > I want the message to display on my computer exactly thhe way I > formatted it when I sent it. I *get* rich-text files, and they show > fine, why do *my own* refuse to show that way unless I specify it with > "Next Alternative" each and every time. In Terminal, do: defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText -bool FALSE Since I think this is the normal default, you must have set it to TRUE sometime in the past. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: Ken Lucke on 16 Jan 2010 14:52 In article <vilain-817E1E.19270615012010(a)news.individual.net>, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: > In article <150120101810163290%ken(a)glass-stones.com>, > Ken Lucke <ken(a)glass-stones.com> wrote: > > > In article <4b50b326$0$270$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk>, Palle > > <palle(a)ducktrucks.dk> wrote: > > > > > On 2010-01-14 21:45:51 +0100, Ken Lucke said: > > > > > > > First, when I send mail in Rich Text Format, all formatting seems to > > > > get stripped. I have set the "Rich Text" setting in the Composing > > > > preference pane, and it all looks good until I send it, then any copy > > > > of it I get, even on other machines, all the formatting has been > > > > stripped and it is back to plain text. > > > > > > Thats a feature, not a bug. > > > > > > Unless you actively format your E-mail inline, then everything is > > > raw-texted when sent. > > > > > > Have your tried that? Highlight a piece of text and make it bold > > > (example). Se how it looks like when you send it then. > > > > Uhm, as I said. Stripped of formatting. Including the "sent" copy > > that Mail keeps - so if I decide to resend it, or send it to someone > > else, I have to redo all the font/formatting I previously did. > > Erm. Maybe Apple's Mail.app isn't for you. What other mail readers > have you tried? I used to use Eudora Pro, but they stopped developing it for the Mac, so I eventually switched to Mail. -- You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. -- Charles A. Beard
From: Ken Lucke on 16 Jan 2010 14:55 In article <barmar-CB36B0.22145815012010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText -bool FALSE Didn't work. :^( -- You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. -- Charles A. Beard
From: Barry Margolin on 16 Jan 2010 16:30 In article <160120101155107132%ken(a)glass-stones.com>, Ken Lucke <ken(a)glass-stones.com> wrote: > In article <barmar-CB36B0.22145815012010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Barry > Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > > defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText -bool FALSE > > > Didn't work. :^( I think you need to exit Mail, execute the commands, then start Mail. Did you do this? -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: Ken Lucke on 16 Jan 2010 17:53
In article <barmar-4A5D4C.16305816012010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > In article <160120101155107132%ken(a)glass-stones.com>, > Ken Lucke <ken(a)glass-stones.com> wrote: > > > In article <barmar-CB36B0.22145815012010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Barry > > Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > > > > defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText -bool FALSE > > > > > > Didn't work. :^( > > I think you need to exit Mail, execute the commands, then start Mail. > Did you do this? Uh, yep. -- You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. -- Charles A. Beard |