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Compose in plain text

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J2DW
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How can I force Thunderbird to always compose in plain text so I don't constantly have to change the formatting after composing an email before sending?

Thank you.

How can I force Thunderbird to always compose in plain text so I don't constantly have to change the formatting after composing an email before sending? Thank you.

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Zenos
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You can set the default composition mode, for when you write a new message.

Tools|Account Settings|{select account}|Composition & Addressing and clear the checkbox labelled "Compose messages in HTML format".

When you reply to a message, Thunderbird will generally honour the mode of the original message (HTML vs plaintext) and use the same format in the reply.

I think this add-on may be of use to you.

https://freeshell.de/~kaosmos/changequote-en.html