How To Make Thunderbird Compose Mail With "Body Text" As Default?

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When I compose message it composes by paragraph as default.

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How can I make it compose without paragraphs but regular body text?

slhck · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-11 13:59:50Z

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While creating a new message, click in menu Format » Paragraph » {whatever you want}.

This will become default style for new messages.

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answered Aug 7, 2011 at 14:49

Michał Šrajer

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That didn't work with my current version of Thunderbird (45.0 installed on Ubuntu 15.10). This worked: superuser.com/a/1042138/367972
– L. D. James
Apr 6, 2016 at 21:59

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Stephen Ostermiller · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-14 09:55:38Z

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There is an option that controls the behavior in the preferences under "Composition" → "General"

Use Paragraph format instead of Body Text by default

To compose in "Body Text" mode by default, you need to make sure that option is unchecked.

Edited: On older versions of Thunderbird the checkbox was labeled "When using paragraph format, the enter key creates a new paragraph"

answered Mar 21, 2017 at 19:40

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One user reported that the HTML section of the preferences dialog doesn't appear when accessed through the preferences menu. It does for me, but they could only get the option when going in through "Account Settings" - "Composition & Addressing" - "Global Composing Preferences..."
– Stephen Ostermiller
Sep 14, 2019 at 9:59
This particular option does not work for me in Thunderbird 102.9. It appears to have no effect whatsoever.
– AJM
Mar 24, 2023 at 13:33
In Windows, v 115.5.1 (32-bit), this is under Hamburger > Settings > Composition > HTML style
– Al Lelopath
Dec 2, 2023 at 18:13

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