Cannot set message format (Plain Text vs. HTML) for a single message before forwarding it
I use the E-mail client Evolution running under Linux (Debian Buster distribution), version 3.30.5-1.1.
Usability problem:
Cannot set message format when forwarding an E-mail message, when one wishes to override the default (Plain Text or HTML) for one message.
Longer description:
Usually I write my E-mail messages in plain text format. So Evolution is configured to use Plain Text, rather than HTML as the default format.
This default caused me to have the following problem.
Sometimes I receive HTML-formatted E-mail messages which include images.
When I forward such a message to someone else, it is forwarded without the images even if I set the format to HTML after clicking on the Forward button.
This happens in all four possible ways of forwarding the message (Forward As Attached, Forward As Inline, Forward As Quoted, Redirect).
The workaround I found is to reconfigure Evolution to default to HTML format before forwarding the message, and return to Plain Text afterwards.
To reconfigure the default message format:
- Open the "Evolution Preferences" pop up dialog: Edit / Preferences.
- Select the pop up dialog pane: Composer Preferences / General.
- Toggle checkmark in Default Behavior / Format messages in HTML.
- Click on the Close button at bottom right of the dialog.
After defaulting to HTML format, forwarding an HTML-formatted message with images preserves the images, in all four possible ways of forwarding the message.