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by johannes1234321 3012 days ago
Opening HTML mail in a browser is risky due to all the scripting possibilities ... Thunderbird's HTML component allows no scripting and disables loading (remote) images (tracking when I hope the mail) how do you deal with that in such a setup? (Actually use evolution, but would like to switch to something smaller ...)
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u801e 3012 days ago
I have the "Message Body As" setting set to plain text. This either will display the text/plain part of the message or will render the HTML using plain text markers (* * for bold, / / for italics, _ _ for underscore).

IME, it works out rather well for most HTML emails I receive.

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JensRex 3011 days ago
In which email client? I regularly get email that is almost impossible to read, unless I load remote images.
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u801e 3011 days ago
In Thunderbird. Most of the HTML email I receive is mostly formatted text which Thunderbird's plain text view works well on.

Are the problems you're describing due to content within the images themselves, or due to placement of the text relative to the image?

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