Kmail/Kontact question

[Volker Wysk]

Am Freitag, 22. Februar 2019, 21:57:34 CET schrieb charlie:
> On Friday, February 22, 2019 8:56:49 AM PST Volker Wysk wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Am Freitag, 22. Februar 2019, 17:18:42 CET schrieb charlie:
> > > Hey all. In Kmail/Kontact, in the email viewing section of the program,
> > > there's a black bar that says "HTML Message." I used to be able to turn
> > > that off but now I can't seem to find the option to do so anywhere in
> > > this new version of Kubuntu. (19.04). Will this option return later on
> > > in
> > > a future update to the software? Almost all emails are composed as HTML
> > > these days and I'm ok with that because it's cool to have pics, links
> > > and
> > > all of that. I just don't the bar on the side.
> > 
> > What exactly do you want to turn off?
> > 
> > You can click on that "HTML Message" bar, in order to switch between HTML
> > and plain text mode, when the message has HTML.
> > 
> > Bye
> > V.W.
> 
> well, I don't want to switch back to plain text mode that's the issue. I
> like the HTML version much better because I can see all of the media that
> comes with the email and it downloads all of the pics automatically. The
> option to turn off the sidebar was in the account settings but it's not
> present here in 19.04. I just wanted to see if it was put in a different
> place.

AFAIK, the plain text mode is preferred for security reasons. Probably that's 
the reason why the sidebar can't be turned off by default any longer.

Byd
Volker