Comment 125 for bug 10883

Please don't confuse switching *delivery* format with switching *composition* format. You *cannot* switch composition format, once you're in plain text compose, there is no way to switch to HTML/rich text. That's what this bug is about. If you're in HTML compose, you can "dumb" the delivery format down to plain text. You can easily tell the difference by checking whether the formatting toolbar is available.

I assume that the iPhone creates plain text drafts, when you edit those, you're in plain text mode ("strange mode"), and again, the issue reported here is you're stuck with this mode and cannot switch to HTML. It would be interesting to see a draft created by the iPhone and stored in an IMAP folder. Can you please attach a sample.

BTW, you can enter plain text composition mode by selecting it as default in your account settings, or using <shift>-chick-reply or <shift>-click-write. If you're reporting bugs since 2002, getting to know all the functions TB offers is important.

When you add formatting to the message on the iPhone, it will be stored as HTML and TB will pick that up.

> In Apple Mail there's a simple button available in the composition window to
> toggle between plain text and rich text editing. That's all. Just works.
I believe Apple software and hardware aren't free of charge. TB is a volunteer driven project, so if this issue really annoys you, get up to speed and fix it yourself, or, instead of buying a new iPhone, spend this money to hire a developer to implement this.