This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on July 16, 2003). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
For some reason, Apple doesn’t include a preference to default to plain text in Mail, the bundled e-mail application. The preference is there, though, just not in the interface.
Quit Mail, then type this into the command line:
defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText -bool TRUE
(via MacOSXHints)
It’s in Mail in 10.3. ;) It’s under Composing. On second thought… it’s not there now? I’ve always had mine set to prefer Plain Text, and I’ve never had to go into Terminal to do anything with Mail.
I have applied a rule for specific messages to forward those to a separate account and 60% come thru with the hearder but the content of the message has been turned into a mime attachment. Anyone know how to make it include the original message in the forward and not convert it?