Sending messages in Plain text format to one email recipient by default in OL2002

[jimhome]

I use OL2002. I've opened up the contact, "Joe Smith". I double-click

on the email field. It shows that the "Internet format" field is "Send

plain text only". However, when I draft an email to this contact, "Joe

Smith", it still goes out as HTML. (And if it is sent as HTML, he
never receives it.)


While drafting the message, if I remember to go to the tool bar and
change it from HTML to Plain
text, Joe Smith will receive the
message. But, if I forget to change it from HTML to Plain Text, then
Joe
never sees the message.


Also worth noting: I use Word as my default text editor and have a JPG
with my signature in my Outlook closing.


Is there a way to have messages to Joe Smith send as Plain text always?

(The "Send plain text only" method doesn't appear to work.)


Thanks, Jim

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The recipient settings don't affect what the draft looks like, nor what the item looks like in your Sent Items folder. It should, however, affect what the recipient actually gets. You might try testing that by sending to yourself using an account you can read with Outlook Express.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Mary]

The change only works if you use Outlook as your editor, not Word.

 

[jimhome]

Because Outlook express only receives plain text messages?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook Express supports both plain text and HTML.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers