Creating HTML Mail

Even though many traditional users abhor HTML-formatted email, younger users find that personalizing their emails with HTML content gives them the originality they crave.

To create an email message that contains HTML, simply use the formatting tools (fonts, colors, and so on) and apply them to your message. If the recipient has not been marked as being able to receive HTML-formatted email, Thunderbird displays a prompt to allow you to send only HTML, send both HTML and plain text, or just convert the message to plain text.

The safest choice is to either convert to plain text (and lose the formatting) or send both. Sending HTML to an email client that is incapable of displaying HTML-formatted messages can make your email difficult or impossible to read.