Forwarding HTML messages

Alex Balfour

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Jan 13, 2009, 2:53:02 PM1/13/09

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Is there a way of forwarding HTML based messages without losing their
nicely formatted structure -- maybe an option I've missed or an add-on?

I've tried various approaches without success. I'm using Thunderbird
2.00.19.

Alex Balfour

Ron K.

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Jan 13, 2009, 3:26:49 PM1/13/09

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Alex Balfour on 1/13/2009 2:53 PM, keyboarded a reply:

Tb has two Forward options, attached and inline. You want the Inline
method. Select the Forward As.. item in the Message menu.

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Alex Balfour

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Jan 13, 2009, 4:43:22 PM1/13/09

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Ron K. wrote:
> Alex Balfour on 1/13/2009 2:53 PM, keyboarded a reply:
>> Is there a way of forwarding HTML based messages without losing their
>> nicely formatted structure -- maybe an option I've missed or an add-on?
>>
>> I've tried various approaches without success. I'm using Thunderbird
>> 2.00.19.
>>
>> Alex Balfour
>
> Tb has two Forward options, attached and inline. You want the Inline
> method. Select the Forward As.. item in the Message menu.
>

Ron,

I've tried that but I lose all the HTML formatting when I forward as
inline. In Options > Composition > General, I've also got the Forward
messages option set to Inline and, in Send Options > Text Format, I've
chosen the option "Send the message in HTML anyway".

Nothing has worked so far.

Alex

Ron K.

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Jan 13, 2009, 7:02:21 PM1/13/09

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Alex Balfour on 1/13/2009 4:43 PM, keyboarded a reply:

OK, try saving the message using Save As.. to the*.eml format. Then attach
the *.eml file. I have seen this work, even when the *.eml contained an
inline *.eml.

Alex Balfour

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Jan 13, 2009, 7:34:20 PM1/13/09

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Ron K. wrote:
> Alex Balfour on 1/13/2009 4:43 PM, keyboarded a reply:
>> Ron K. wrote:
>>> Alex Balfour on 1/13/2009 2:53 PM, keyboarded a reply:
>>>> Is there a way of forwarding HTML based messages without losing their
>>>> nicely formatted structure -- maybe an option I've missed or an add-on?
>>>>
>>>> I've tried various approaches without success. I'm using Thunderbird
>>>> 2.00.19.
>>>>
>>>> Alex Balfour
>>> Tb has two Forward options, attached and inline. You want the Inline
>>> method. Select the Forward As.. item in the Message menu.
>>>
>> Ron,
>>
>> I've tried that but I lose all the HTML formatting when I forward as
>> inline. In Options > Composition > General, I've also got the Forward
>> messages option set to Inline and, in Send Options > Text Format, I've
>> chosen the option "Send the message in HTML anyway".
>>
>> Nothing has worked so far.
>>
>> Alex
>
> OK, try saving the message using Save As.. to the*.eml format. Then attach
> the *.eml file. I have seen this work, even when the *.eml contained an
> inline *.eml.
>

Hi Ron,

I've found another way - Message > Edit Message As New, then send. This
seems to solve the problem and avoids the use of attachments.

Thank you for your willingness to help.

Alex

Nir

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Jan 14, 2009, 12:05:06 PM1/14/09

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Are you composing in 'HTML format' ?

Alex Balfour

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Jan 14, 2009, 5:05:30 PM1/14/09

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No, I normally compose in plain text. Why should this impact forwarding
a message?

Alex B

Moz Champion (Dan)

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Jan 14, 2009, 6:39:23 PM1/14/09

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Because if the original is in HTML format, by writing in plain text it
will not show all the original features (can include images)

Alex Balfour

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Jan 14, 2009, 7:05:51 PM1/14/09

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OK, I understand. However, it would be nice to be able to do
Shift+Forward to send in HTML just as one does Shift+Write to compose in
HTML.

Alex B

Arivald

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Jan 15, 2009, 5:22:40 AM1/15/09

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Alex Balfour pisze:

Just do SHIFT + Reply, and replace "To:" field.

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Alex Balfour

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Jan 15, 2009, 9:38:59 AM1/15/09

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Another way! Thank you.

AlexB