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[Jerry]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 14:15:01 +0100
Michael Gmelin articulated:

> On 5 Feb 2013, at 07:14, Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2 Feb 2013 19:30:38 +0000
> > Richard Bown <richard at g8jvm.com> wrote: 
> > 
> >> If I use a different font, do MS mailers change the font to their
> >> system default, or is it left in its original font ?
> >> So if I sent in a gothic font for instance, would the reply back to
> >> me show the part originated by me in the gothic font ?, or would CM
> >> change it to system default ?
> > 
> > In Claws Mail you write plain text messages only. It doesn't matter
> > what font you see on your screen, the message is just plain text,
> > Claws Mail never sends any information about what font to render the
> > message in on the recipient's sytem. The recipient sees it with
> > whatever font they have configured their system to use.
> > 
> > with regards
> > 
> > Paul
> 
> This is also covered in the FAQs:
> 
> http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/General_Information#Does_Claws_Mail_allow_me_to_write_HTML_styled_messages.3F
> 
> It might be worthwhile adding a dedicated question for less tech
> savvy users  - it seems claws' user base is growing recently and this
> is something new users might not expect - unless they chose claws
> exactly because it does email like it was meant to - in the
> "Composing Mails Or News" section of the FAQ. 
> 
> Something like:
> 
> Q: Can I change the font when composing messages?
> A: basically Paul's text from above plus a reference to the general
> topic of HTML messages.

Claws-mail does not support the sending of HTML email, so what would
be the point of making another FAQ? BTW, it would be nice if you lost
the urge to send HTML based email to an email forum.

-- 
Jerry ♔

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