1. Select "Edit" then click on "... Account Settings"
2. Uncheck "Compose messages in HTML format"
3. Click on "OK"
4. Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences"
5. In "Mail and Newsgroups" click on "Composition"
6. In the "Forwarding and Replying to Messages" section, change the "Forward messages:" to Inline
7. In the "Composing Messages" section, uncheck the box in front of "For messages that contain 8-bit characters..."
8. In the "Send Format" section, select "Ask me what to do"
9. Click on "OK"
john mage