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Sometimes, replies are forced into plain text format instead of HTML

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Sometimes, when I reply to an email thread involving one specific customer, the reply is automatically converted to plain text, and in the compose window "Options > Delivery Format" is missing.

This happens essentially randomly, but once it happens, I cannot find a way to reply to that specific message in HTML, even though all Emails in the thread were HTML up to that point.

I've also checked, that for all involved contacts "Prefers to receive messages formatted as" is set to "Unknown".

What could I try to solve this?

Thunderbird 78.4.3 (64 bit) on Open Suse.

Sometimes, when I reply to an email thread involving one specific customer, the reply is automatically converted to plain text, and in the compose window "Options > Delivery Format" is missing. This happens essentially randomly, but once it happens, I cannot find a way to reply to that specific message in HTML, even though all Emails in the thread were HTML up to that point. I've also checked, that for all involved contacts "Prefers to receive messages formatted as" is set to "Unknown". What could I try to solve this? Thunderbird 78.4.3 (64 bit) on Open Suse.
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Does the html Write window open if you press Shift while clicking on Reply?

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What happens if you click Send Options in Edit/Preferences/Composition/HTML Style and select 'Send the message in HTML anyway'?

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What happens if you click Send Options in Edit/Preferences/Composition/HTML Style and select 'Send the message in HTML anyway'?

Same behavior as before.

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Does the html Write window open if you press Shift while clicking on Reply?

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Does the html Write window open if you press Shift while clicking on Reply?

Yes, that seems to work. As a workaround this will work for me, thanks!

Though I usually prefer to use hotkeys (Ctrl+R for "Reply", Ctrl+Shift+R for "Reply All"), so it isn't a full solution.

Is it somehow indicative of the underlying issue?

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If the default format in Account Settings, Composition & Addressing, is plain text, holding Shift will change the format to HTML, and vice versa. This suggests the default is plain text for that account (each account has its own setting).

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If the default format in Account Settings, Composition & Addressing, is plain text, holding Shift will change the format to HTML, and vice versa. This suggests the default is plain text for that account (each account has its own setting).

Doesn't seem to be the case here. I have only a single account registered on this PC, and it is set to using HTML for composition (see screenshot).