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Receiver receives my message in HTML or completely unreadable

Will do - once again thanks for your help and prompt reply.

Will do - once again thanks for your help and prompt reply.

Recently a lot of my email receipients have been receiving my emails in HTML or completely unreadable (looks like a whole lot of random characters and letters), although I have been sending the email in plain text.

Below is an example of what a receiver would receive

<html  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head>
<title></title> <meta http-equiv="content-type"
content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type"
content="text/css"/> </head> <body> <div align="left"><font face="0"><span
style=" font-size:12pt">Hello,</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font
face="0"><span style=" font-size:12pt">I would like.... (and so on).

 

When I type the emails up they look fine in the PMail window. Sometimes I cut and paste text from Firefox, so this might also be something to do with the problem. Why do receipients receive unreadable emails from me?

 

My 2 questions are:

Can I force PMail to send messages only in plain text?

Also is there are function in PMail to send the message/email exactly as I see it in the PMail new message window? Something like WYSIWYG.

 

Thanks to anyone who can help.

&lt;p&gt;Recently a lot of my email receipients have been receiving my emails in HTML or completely unreadable (looks like a whole lot of random characters and letters), although I have been sending the email in plain text.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Below is an example of what a receiver would receive &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;html&amp;nbsp; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot; xml:lang=&quot;en&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;head&amp;gt; &amp;lt;title&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/title&amp;gt; &amp;lt;meta http-equiv=&quot;content-type&quot; content=&quot;text/html;charset=utf-8&quot;/&amp;gt; &amp;lt;meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Style-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/css&quot;/&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/head&amp;gt; &amp;lt;body&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font face=&quot;0&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&quot; font-size:12pt&quot;&amp;gt;Hello,&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font face=&quot;0&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&quot; font-size:12pt&quot;&amp;gt;I would like.... (and so on).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I type the emails up they look fine in the PMail window. Sometimes I cut and paste text from Firefox, so this might also be something to do with the problem. Why do receipients receive unreadable emails from me? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My 2 questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I force PMail to send messages only in plain text?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also is there are function in PMail to send the message/email exactly as I see it in the PMail new message window? Something like WYSIWYG.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to anyone who can help. &lt;/p&gt;

[quote user="pete w"]Sometimes I cut and paste text from Firefox, so this might also be something to do with the problem. Why do receipients receive unreadable emails from me?[/quote]

The pasting is almost certainly the reason for creating HTML, but you can at least force Pegasus Mail to create both plain text and HTML versions by enabling Tools => Options => Sending mail  => Generate multipart/alternative versions ... But this doesn't explain why the recipients' email application(s) cannot handle HTML formatted messages unless they use pretty old ones.

[quote user="pete w"]Can I force PMail to send messages only in plain text?[/quote]

Tools => Options => Message formatting => Disable all text styling options 

[quote user="pete w"]Also is there are function in PMail to send the message/email exactly as I see it in the PMail new message window? Something like WYSIWYG.[/quote]

This is mutually exclusive, you can have either plain text or WYSIWIG, not both of them at once.

&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&quot;pete w&quot;]Sometimes I cut and paste text from Firefox, so this might also be something to do with the problem. Why do receipients receive unreadable emails from me?[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pasting is almost certainly the reason for creating HTML, but you can at least force Pegasus Mail to create both plain text and HTML versions by enabling &lt;em&gt;Tools =&amp;gt; Options =&amp;gt; Sending mail&amp;nbsp; =&amp;gt; Generate multipart/alternative versions ... &lt;/em&gt;But this doesn&#039;t explain why the recipients&#039; email application(s) cannot handle HTML formatted messages unless they use pretty old ones.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&quot;pete w&quot;]Can I force PMail to send messages only in plain text?[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;em&gt;Tools =&amp;gt; Options =&amp;gt; Message formatting =&amp;gt; Disable all text styling options&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&quot;pete w&quot;]Also is there are function in PMail to send the message/email exactly as I see it in the PMail new message window? Something like WYSIWYG.[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is mutually exclusive, you can have either plain text or WYSIWIG, not both of them at once.&lt;/p&gt;
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idw,

Thank you for the quick reply. I will try the " disable all text styling options".

 

If I do use text copied from web-sites (using Firefox), will the option in PMail "Always paste plain text in preference to styles text" solve the problem of HTML being transfered in the copy from the web-sites?

&lt;p&gt;idw,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for the quick reply. I will try the &quot; disable all text styling options&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I do use text copied from web-sites (using Firefox), will the option in PMail &quot;Always paste plain text in preference to styles text&quot; solve the problem of HTML being transfered in the copy from the web-sites? &lt;/p&gt;

[quote user="pete w"]will the option in PMail "Always paste plain text in preference to styles text" solve the problem of HTML being transfered in the copy from the web-sites?[/quote]

Yes, but why don't you simply give it a try? If you copy a queued message to your new mail folder you can view the outgoing result.

&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&quot;pete w&quot;]will the option in PMail &quot;Always paste plain text in preference to styles text&quot; solve the problem of HTML being transfered in the copy from the web-sites?[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, but why don&#039;t you simply give it a try? If you copy a queued message to your new mail folder you can view the outgoing result.&lt;/p&gt;
			Michael
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