[gull] Brave new world... (Thunderbird)

[Thierry de Coulon]

Bonsoir,

Ayant du utiliser un macintosh pour lire mes mails pendant le week-end (petit 
bug des SIL après un changement de modem...), j'ai vite été lassé du client 
"Mail" d'OS X (ben oui, il fallait faire fonctionner le modem!) et je me suis 
dit que je pourrais essayer Thunderbird.

Je suis assez déçu - pas tant du programme lui-même, qui semble bien fait. 
Mais du mode de configuration, qui va valoir à pas mal de "newbies" des 
remontrances sur les listes:

Voici les manips à faire pour éviter l'affichage des mails en html (FAQ de 
Thunderbird que j'ai du rechercher par Google):

Reading E-Mail in Plain Text

The following steps configure Thunderbird to display only the plain text in 
e-mails you receive -- no formatting, fonts, bold, images, etc. 

The rest of the e-mail is still there, but Thunderbird won't display it until 
you undo these settings. You can still open attachments, including images, by 
right-clicking or double-clicking on them. 


Click Tools then Options to open the Options window. 
On the left, click Advanced then the plus sign next to Privacy. Check the 
first box, Block loading ... and uncheck the other two, Allow remote 
images ... and Enable JavaScript .... 
On the left, click Display then uncheck Display emoticons as graphics. 
Traditionally, plain text uses Fixed width font, but it's not necessary. 
To block fonts: On the left, click Fonts. Uncheck Allow messages to use other 
fonts. Advanced users might want to disable Character encodings, below. 
Click OK to close the Options window. 
Click View then Message Body As then Plain Text. Thunderbird should now 
display a dot next to Plain Text. 
Click View then Display Attachments Inline. That option should now be 
unchecked (disabled).

Mais bon, on peut éventuellement survivre en lisant ses mails en html. Par 
contre, pour ne pas les envoyer en html:

To send all e-mails in plain text, follow these instructions: 
Click Tools then Account Settings... 
Under the first account on the left, click Composition & Addressing. 
Uncheck Compose messages in HTML format (at the top). 
Repeat the above 2 steps for each account displayed on the left, then click 
OK. 
Click Tools, then Options, then, on the left, click Composition. 
(noter que sur le Mac c'est "Thunderbird - Preferences")
Change Forward messages: to Inline (at the top). 
Uncheck For messages that contain 8-bit characters... (in the middle) 
Click the Send Options button (bottom right) and select Ask me what to do... 
from the menu at the top. 

When you create a new e-mail account, you may need to repeat step 3 (Uncheck 
Compose messages in HTML format) for the new account.

Très intuitif. A priori RIEN ne permet de savoir que l'on envoie ses mails en 
html.

Thierry

-- 
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not
sure about the former" - Albert Einstein