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To switch Thunderbird (version 7.*) to compose mails
in plain text (completely plain emails) go to
Edit →Preferences →Advanced →Config Editor
(in Polish:
Edycja →Preferencje →Zaawansowane →Edytor Ustawień)
and set both mail.html_compose and
mail.identity.default.compose_html to false.
BTW according to the Thunderbird documentation: When you write a message in Thunderbird, you use either an HTML editor or a plain text editor. If you use an HTML editor, then you can send the message in HTML, plain text, or both. If you use a plain text editor, then you can only send the message in plain text. You usually specify which type of editor to use by identity. In your account settings, on the Composition and Addressing page, either check or clear the checkbox: "Compose messages in HTML format". Unfortunately there is no such a checkbox in version 7 of TB, or it is hidden perfectly...
In order to temporarily shift between plain-text and HTML editors
hold the SHIFT key while clicking the Compose (or Replay) buttons.
Added 26 october 2011:
Thunderbird insists to wraps text even it is a long URL.
I figured out the solution.
Look for mailnews.wraplength
in Edit →Preferences →Advanced →Config Editor.
Change the default 72 to something bigger, say 144.
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