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How to stop Thunderbird doing that godawful ascii-art in text replies

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jribbens
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When replying to an HTML email, Thunderbird utterly mangles the text _like*THIS*_ _which_ *means* <http://means> that *you* have _to spend time_ on *EVERY* reply _undoing_ *THE MANGLING* by _hand_ before /YOU can/ *start writing* your _EMail_.

Is there an option to turn this off (if so, it's very well hidden), and if not, can someone please add one?

When replying to an HTML email, Thunderbird utterly mangles the text _like*THIS*_ _which_ *means* <http://means> that *you* have _to spend time_ on *EVERY* reply _undoing_ *THE MANGLING* by _hand_ before /YOU can/ *start writing* your _EMail_. Is there an option to turn this off (if so, it's very well hidden), and if not, can someone please add one?

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Matt
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are you talking about the mangling that occurs when a message is forwarded like a zillion times and the text is largely replaced by >>>>

Try the rewrap command on the edit menu (ctrl+R)

jribbens
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No I mean when the message you're replying to contains bold or underline or italic or links or email addresses, and Thunderbird takes it upon itself to _mangle the_ *reply* to the <mailto:email>.