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[Richard Bown]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 14:15:01 +0100
Michael Gmelin <freebsd at grem.de> wrote:

> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > It isn't worth a nickel to two guys like you or me, 
> > but to a collector it is worth a fortune 
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Paul answered part of the question concisely,  thank you Paul,
 It is clear you didn't read what I asked , had you done so you would not have trolled the question.

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Best wishes / 73
Richard Bown

e-mail: richard at g8jvm.com  







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