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From: Nobody on 20 Mar 2010 15:03
I'm a relatively new user of Thunderbird, and recently upgraded to
3.0.3, from a 2 version.

I became used to an automatic query when forwarding messages whether
to send as text or html or both... but I notice 3.0.3 isn't asking me.
I've looked in all the options and settings I can think of, and don't
see any prompt. Anyone have an idea?

I also notice 3.0.3 loads a lot more slowly. Sometimes (more often
than not the first occasion after turning on the PC each day) I get a
very brief almost web page view welcoming me to T'bird.

Also, that first time daily, T'bird spends 30-40 secs going through a
routine of "indexing messages". I don't recall v2 doing that, at
least not so much as to delay checking for new messages.
From: Ralph Fox on 20 Mar 2010 17:36
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:03:49 -0700, in message
<c96aq59er442odaivrtard8ckv77s5u75d(a)4ax.com>
Nobody <jock(a)soccer.com> wrote:

> I'm a relatively new user of Thunderbird, and recently upgraded to
> 3.0.3, from a 2 version.
>
> I became used to an automatic query when forwarding messages whether
> to send as text or html or both... but I notice 3.0.3 isn't asking me.
> I've looked in all the options and settings I can think of, and don't
> see any prompt. Anyone have an idea?

Go to "Tools � Options � Composition", click the button
"Send Options". Then at the top of the "Send Options"
window, set "Text Format" to "Ask me what to do".

For *forwarding*, I think this may depend on which forward
option you have selected: "Inline" or "As Attachment".

If you read the fine print at the top of the "Send Options"
window, the option only applies when your address book entry
for the recipient does *not* say that the recipient prefers
to receive messages formatted as HTML. So check your address
book entries too.

Also. When you click "forward", check whether what opens
is the HTML composition window or the Plain Text composition
window. The HTML composition window has a text formatting
toolbar between the header area and the body pane. You
will not get a prompt if you are using the Plain Text
composition window.


--
Regards
Ralph

From: Nobody on 20 Mar 2010 18:46
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:36:19 +1300, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid>
wrote:

>On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:03:49 -0700, in message
><c96aq59er442odaivrtard8ckv77s5u75d(a)4ax.com>
>Nobody <jock(a)soccer.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm a relatively new user of Thunderbird, and recently upgraded to
>> 3.0.3, from a 2 version.
>>
>> I became used to an automatic query when forwarding messages whether
>> to send as text or html or both... but I notice 3.0.3 isn't asking me.
>> I've looked in all the options and settings I can think of, and don't
>> see any prompt. Anyone have an idea?
>
>Go to "Tools � Options � Composition", click the button
>"Send Options". Then at the top of the "Send Options"
>window, set "Text Format" to "Ask me what to do".

Tremendous. I thought I'd gone through all the possibilities, but
that one somehow slipped under my radar.

Thank you. I'm a cappy hamper again.

>
>For *forwarding*, I think this may depend on which forward
>option you have selected: "Inline" or "As Attachment".
>
>If you read the fine print at the top of the "Send Options"
>window, the option only applies when your address book entry
>for the recipient does *not* say that the recipient prefers
>to receive messages formatted as HTML. So check your address
>book entries too.
>
>Also. When you click "forward", check whether what opens
>is the HTML composition window or the Plain Text composition
>window. The HTML composition window has a text formatting
>toolbar between the header area and the body pane. You
>will not get a prompt if you are using the Plain Text
>composition window.
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