To send your Internet mail or news in plain text or HTML or both Added by ~Julia Breresonakoi on June 25, 2010 | Version 1 Actions ▼

Abstract  Abstract You can send your internet mail or news in plain text, HTML, or both. Use this if your recipients have email addresses that may not be able to read HTML or Rich Text. Notes can also prompt you to specify a format each time you send mail. Tags: html, mail and news messages, internet mail, mail, using html, preferences, internet mail preferences, power user, 8.5, 8.5.1, moving_mail

ShowTable of Contents HideTable of Contents 1 In basic Notes 2 In standard Notes In basic Notes Click File > Preferences > User Preferences. Macintosh OS X users: Click Lotus Notes > Preferences > User Preferences. Click Mail > Internet. Under Internet mail format or Internet news format, click one of the available options Note: The options for news messages control what readers see when they open your posted messages in a newsgroup. Display options for Internet mail and news: Plain Text only - Select this option when you want recipients with Internet-style addresses to receive plain text. This is the safest option to select when you are unsure if your recipient's mail program can read HTML-formatted messages or Rich Text Format messages. HTML only - Select this option when you want recipients with Internet-style addresses to receive HTML-formatted text and graphics. Note that Lotus Notes Rich Text would need to be converted to MIME when sent over SMTP and this conversion causes a loss of fidelity if your default mail form is set to Rich Text Format. Recipients will receive HTML e-mail if they can read it. If their e-mail program does not support MIME, then they will receive a plain text message. HTML and Plain Text - Select this option when some recipients of your mail have e-mail programs that support MIME; they will receive HTML-formatted mail. If some recipients have e-mail programs that don't support MIME, they will receive plain text. This option is the most versatile. Prompt when sending - Select this option when you want Notes to prompt you to specify a format each time you send an Internet mail message. In standard Notes Click File> Preferences. Macintosh OS X users: Click Lotus Notes > Preferences. Click the plus sign beside Mail, and then click Internet. Under Internet mail format or Internet news format, click one of the available options Note: The options for news messages control what readers see when they open your posted messages in a newsgroup. Display options for Internet mail and news: Plain Text only - Select this option when you want recipients with Internet-style addresses to receive plain text. This is the safest option to select when you are unsure if your recipient's mail program can read HTML-formatted messages or Rich Text Format messages. HTML only - Select this option when you want recipients with Internet-style addresses to receive HTML-formatted text and graphics. Note that Lotus Notes Rich Text would need to be converted to MIME when sent over SMTP and this conversion causes a loss of fidelity if your default mail form is set to Rich Text Format. Recipients will receive HTML e-mail if they can read it. If their e-mail program does not support MIME, then they will receive a plain text message. HTML and Plain Text - Select this option when some recipients of your mail have e-mail programs that support MIME; they will receive HTML-formatted mail. If some recipients have e-mail programs that don't support MIME, they will receive plain text. This option is the most versatile. Prompt when sending - Select this option when you want Notes to prompt you to specify a format each time you send an Internet mail message.