On 3/18/2002 1:32 PM, Ben Bucksch wrote:

>Pratik wrote:
>
>>It happens for <b>, <i> and <u>. They get converted to *bold*, 
>>/italic/, and _underline_. 
>>
>
>Oh, you don't want them *at all*? That's an entirely different thing. A 
>hidden pref could do that.
>

To make it a little clear, I don't want Mozilla to send formatted text 
(by adding */_) when I've explicity said 'Send in Plain text'.

>>Why should the HTML to text converter bother about adding */_ in the 
>>first place?
>>
>
>Because we write them manually, too. And users are unaware of the HTML 
>questions. Not adding anything is potential data loss, because the bold 
>/ italics might be important to interpret the msg.
>

Well, if the user wanted text to be interpreted as bold, then he would 
send HTML mail or put ** himself. Why should Mozilla do it for the user?

Do you think I should file a bug for this?

Pratik.


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