I send an email using bold, italic, and underline. The receiver gets *,/, and \ instead. Now what?
Sent and received. Please notice the asterisks. Where do they come from? John
Message Sent: Fantasia I and II Georg Phillip Telemann 1681-1767 Kleine Passacaglia Michael Kuntz 1915-1992 Fair Phyllis I saw
Message Recieved:
*Fantasia I & II* Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Telemann’s Fantasias capture the brilliance and balance of the
Baroque era—each movement a miniature world of counterpoint,
grace, and invention.
*Kleine Passacaglia *Michael Kuntz (1915–1992)
A modern take on a timeless form, Kuntz’s piece builds lyric beauty
over a gently repeating bass figure. (See insert for more)
*Fair Phyllis I Saw* John Farmer (1570–1601)
Balázs Meskó மூலமாக திருத்தப்பட்டது
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Hi John,
It seems to me that you are actually sending plain text mail instead of HTML. In plain text bold is marked by asterisks, italicized text is marked by slashes, etc. When the Write window is opened, you can change the format under Options -> Sending Format to Automatic or Both.
Regards, Balázs
I thought I checked HTML everywhere I saw the choice. Could it switch to text on its own? Anyway... I have given up on trying to format an email like a Word or PDF document. I just add them as attatchments now. Thanks
john65281 said
I thought I checked HTML everywhere I saw the choice. Could it switch to text on its own? Anyway... I have given up on trying to format an email like a Word or PDF document. I just add them as attatchments now. Thanks
It not only can, it does. I lost the argument when I said that was wrong. Apparently the developers think we all want to send text unless there is specific HTML in the message.
Go to settings and ensure this setting is set as shown.
NO, not in my opinion. Both offers the greatest general compatibility. If for some reason your recipient can not read HTML, like they use the Mutt Mail client, then they still get to see something coherent (essentially what you are seeing now) with very little overhead. No one wants the recipient to see unrendered HTML source which is a possibility if you only send HTML If they are like the majority of folk and have a HTML compatible mail client they will see the HTML and not the text anyway . My view both is the appropriate automatic process. Not the rather questionable conversion of content based on some rules the developers dreamed up.
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