Evolution mail unstable, please switch to Thunderbird for the next release...

[Tero Pesonen]

On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 09:46 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 07/09/2010 05:23 AM, Tero Pesonen wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 14:15 +0200, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> ...
> >> If you want your mail editing be normal:
> >> A. Don't use html *although I assume you use plain text)
> >> Goto Edit-> preferences-> composition -> General
> >> There you can set the # of characters before wrapping.
> >> Of course I don't know how thunderbird 3.0 works but in the Ubuntu 
> >> repositories (for 9.10) you still get thunderbird 2.0 which, in my 
> >> system works without a problem (already for over a year).
> >> Joep
> > 
> > I only use plain text.
> > 
> > On my 9.04, TB wraps the text only after I've finished composing. That
> > is, the message will be sent wrapped, but it is not wrapped while it is
> > being composed. I've been told TB 3 works the same way.
> 
> TB 3.x dropped the option to set the char length from the interface. You
> now have to use the Config Editor to change from the default 72 char.[1]
> 
> To set the wrap to the window width:
> Edit|Preferences|Advanced|General|Config Editor|Filter: wrap
> find: mail.compose.wrap_to_window_width and doubleclick to set to true.

This was news to me. I need to install TB 3 and test it out. Thanks.

Tero Pesonen

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