[LBo] Looking for GUI Mail Client that easily switches between viewing the plain text and HTML of a "composite" email

[Randy Kramer]

On Thursday 07 December 2006 12:13 am, Allen wrote:
> Thunderbird has the same defect. I can't tell you how annoying it
> is when a non-savvy person send HTML to me and nothing displays
> except a blank screen until I switch globally.

Thanks!  I haven't had time to try Thunderbird yet (nor sylpheed-claws), but I 
wonder if you've seen the message in this thread from Dave Lerner--he says:

<quote>
There's also a Thunderbird extension "Allow HTML temporary"
<https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/1556/> that "allows to have HTML
temporary enabled/allowed in the selected message by only one click."
</quote>

Sounds like something you (and I) might be interested in.

Randy Kramer




>
> Been super busy so haven't had much time, alas.
>
> Best All,
>
> Allen
>
> Randy Kramer wrote:
> > I'd like to find one or more alternative GUI email clients that have
> > about the same feature set as kmail, but, for "composite" emails (emails
> > that contain both a plain text and HTML version of the content), allows
> > very quick/easy switching between viewing the HTML or plain text version
> > for a single email.
> >
> > kmail (at least version 3.4.2) doesn't quite do it.  You can set the
> > preference "Prefer HTML to plain text" which does make the switch, but
> > that option is either set globally (for all folders) or for an entire
> > folder. There is no way (that I've found) to do it for a single email and
> > doing it globally or for an entire folder (and then switching it back) is
> > more cumbersome than I'd like.
> >
> > Randy Kramer
> >
> > PS: Not to worry--I still, and expect to always, prefer plain text emails
> > to HTML emails, and will only send HTML emails by accident or for some
> > specific purpose (testing??).  The reason for this inquiry is for my
> > (me-ware, initially offline) askSam/TWiki-like thingie--a possible next
> > step in its evolution.