Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> BIll Spikowski wrote:
> 
>> Actually, all I really want is to be able to set a minimum font size
>> for plain text emails and not have it automatically apply to the
>> browser. (Maybe that's a tall order, I wouldn't have any way of
>> knowing.)
> 
> Actually, by definition plain text has no font specification. You can 
> set your prefs to use a particular font style and size:
>       Edit | Preferences | Appearance | Fonts | Monospace...
> but the incoming message itself has no font specification.
> 
> So for example if you set Monospace to 20 pt Courier and Minimum font 
> size to 14, your browser will obey the 14 point spec (because HTML pages 
> do specify font styles and sizes) but your plain text emails will appear 
> in 20 point Courier.


In your example, how does the mail client know to use 20 pt instead of
14 pt?

I've never been able to find documentation or puzzle out how those
particular settings work; I just mess with them until SOMETHING looks
good, only to realize that the new settings mess something else up
terribly!


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