thunderbird won't wrap text

[ben miller]

Jeroen T. Bezemer wrote:
> ben miller wrote:
>> I want to like Thunderbird - I really do. But, no matter what I do 
>> I can't get text to wrap whether I'm composing a new message or 
>> replying. I've played with the formatting settings until the cows 
>> come home. Wrapping is currently set at 72 characters. Any clues?
>> 
>> Thanks, ben
>> 
>> 
> See above: text is wrapped (unless you did this yourself) afaik, 
> thunderbird just does it when sending is pressed but it is not 
> needed/wanted to wrap, as different receivers can have different 
> screens/window size and so wrapping leaves empty space at the end of 
> the line, of even has to be redone if the pre-wrapped lines are 
> longer than the space available, or you need to scroll the window.
> 


Thanks, Jeroen. I did wrap that myself (edit/rewrap text). I understand
your point about wrapping for the receiver but my problem is that when I
type my text lines go off to the right almost infinitely.

== ben