This works great, thanks Betty. Richard P.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:21 PM, b_s-wilk <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've just noticed that when I forward some messages in Thunderbird >> (version 2.0.0.23 ), that the word-wrap is broken and there's no way >> to get it rewrap. Anyone else notice this and is there a way to get it >> to word-wrap all the time. The problem emails are ones that are >> automatically forwarded to my mailbox. When they arrive, they are fine >> (wrapped), but when I go to forward them, the text shows up as one >> long line. All other emails forward OK. > > You can select/highlight that text, then choose 'Rewrap' in the Edit menu. > That will give hard line breaks as defined in your prefs by # of characters > per line. I think if you also choose Plain Text instead of MIME or > formatted, it will wrap to your defaults. > > I have a similar problem. I'd like the text in emails to automatically wrap > to the width of the window, changing when I make the email window larger or > smaller. I think this was the default several generations ago, or in Mozilla > suite. Guess I'll have to create my own pref in the Thunderbird config mgr. > > As a test, I changed this pref, as in SeaMonkey mail defaults: > mail.compose.wrap_to_window_width user set boolean true > > Betty > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
