sending email in plain text..

[kali89]

hi, how do you send email in plain text in iPhone?
it drives me nuts that you paste a link and immediately it turns it into a graphic link..
a little button appears on the right of the link to turn it into a plain link, but this button appears only sometimes..

also I want to know how to paste text in a way that it's unformatted... like in Thunderbird desktop email app I can do that by hitting Shift-Paste..

now I looked this up..

Send Plain or Rich Text Messages in Apple Mail | IT@Cornell

From the Mail menu, select Settings...Click Composing in the toolbar.From the Message Format dropdown list, select either Plain Text or Rich Text (HTML).Close the Composing dialog box.You can switch to a different format for an individual message by choosing

it.cornell.edu

I see no menu in email app I use in iPhone (I don't know what it's called, the icon is a white envelope surrounded by blue.. I assume it's the standard iPhone email app..)

I would appreciate some help...

thank you..

(PS: I also would like to know if anyone knows of a free plain text editor for iPhone.. thank you...)

 

[pm-r]

hi, how do you send email in plain text in iPhone?
it drives me nuts that you paste a link and immediately it turns it into a graphic link..

You might want to add what iPhone model and iOS version you are using which drives me and I'm sure many others crazy when not included in a post requesting help.





- Patrick
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[pm-r]

now I looked this up..

Send Plain or Rich Text Messages in Apple Mail | IT@Cornell

From the Mail menu, select Settings...Click Composing in the toolbar.From the Message Format dropdown list, select either Plain Text or Rich Text (HTML).Close the Composing dialog box.You can switch to a different format for an individual message by choosing

it.cornell.edu

I see no menu in email app I use in iPhone

That article is referring to the Mac OS version of the Apple Mail.app which will be different from the iOS version you are using with your iPhone. Slightly different platform and preference settings...




- Patrick
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[kali89]

You might want to add what iPhone model and iOS version you are using which drives me and I'm sure many others crazy when not included in a post requesting help.





- Patrick
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oh sorry... iPhone 12, iOS 16.3.1

 

[pm-r]

oh sorry... iPhone 12, iOS 16.3.1

OK, now how about a screenshot that shows what you are describing so that some members like myself can see exactly what you are seeing???

I'm not sure as I do not have or use an iPhone but this is what I see on my iMac running El Capitan and the To and the Subject lines are completely separate areas when sending or receiving, ie:





- Patrick
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[kali89]

OK, now how about a screenshot that shows what you are describing so that some members like myself can see exactly what you are seeing???

I'm not sure as I do not have or use an iPhone but this is what I see on my iMac running El Capitan and the To and the Subject lines are completely separate areas when sending or receiving, ie:

View attachment 38668



- Patrick
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ahhhh.. I need someone familiar with iPhone to weigh in here... ;-)
obviously this (and practically everything else) very very different from mobile in desktop computer (or laptop..)
I have NO PROBLEM with this in my computer (where I use Thunderbird email client), as I mentioned in my OP...

either way, thank you for your response...

 

[pm-r]

ahhhh.. I need someone familiar with iPhone to weigh in here... ;-)

That would probably help a great deal, meanwhile, if nobody else replies maybe this shows what one should expect:
How to Compose & Send email in the Mail App for iPhone and iPad.

- Patrick
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[kali89]

That would probably help a great deal, meanwhile, if nobody else replies maybe this shows what one should expect:
How to Compose & Send email in the Mail App for iPhone and iPad.

- Patrick
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thank you Patrick.. I appreciate your help.. here,

Send Plain or Rich Text Messages in Apple Mail | IT@Cornell

From the Mail menu, select Settings...Click Composing in the toolbar.From the Message Format dropdown list, select either Plain Text or Rich Text (HTML).Close the Composing dialog box.You can switch to a different format for an individual message by choosing

it.cornell.edu

it says there's supposed to be a menu where you can choose to send an email in plain text.. but I do not see a menu here.. this is the same app I'm using, and there's no menu anywhere (they talk of Mail Menu --> Preferences.. there is just no such thing on this app...)

now what I actually want is for the LINKS to not appear as a graphic but as text, as I explained in my OP.. there's a little gray button with a white arrow that appears next to the link after you have pasted it, you click on that and can turn the link to a plain text link (I wish you could configure the app so it's the default..) BUT the last few times I have composed an email with a link in it the little button hasn't appeared at all..

thanks again...

 

[kali89]

That article is referring to the Mac OS version of the Apple Mail.app which will be different from the iOS version you are using with your iPhone. Slightly different platform and preference settings...




- Patrick
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oh brother.. I had searched for "iPhone send mail...."

ok.. this is it...

Use plain or rich text in emails in Mail on Mac

In Mail on your Mac, change the format of the emails you send.

support.apple.com

this is definitely the app I'm using, the icon they show here is the same..
I just don't see FORMAT option anywhere in email app..

now I went to Settings --> mail... and also, under those options, saw no FORMAT option or how to send emails in plain text..

thank you again, Patrick...

 

[Jimmysb]

oh brother.. I had searched for "iPhone send mail...."

ok.. this is it...

Use plain or rich text in emails in Mail on Mac

In Mail on your Mac, change the format of the emails you send.

support.apple.com

this is definitely the app I'm using, the icon they show here is the same..
I just don't see FORMAT option anywhere in email app..

now I went to Settings --> mail... and also, under those options, saw no FORMAT option or how to send emails in plain text..

thank you again, Patrick...

That is Apple mail on the Mac, not mail in IOS on your device

 

[MacInWin]

May I ask why you want to do that (Send in plain text)? If you are concerned about how it looks, bear in mind that how it looks to the RECEIVER is up to their settings, not yours. So an expanded link on your iPhone may not be an expanded link on the other end.

 

[pm-r]

this is definitely the app I'm using, the icon they show here is the same..
I just don't see FORMAT option anywhere in email app..

I don't know what Apple Mail.app icon you are referring to, but not surprisingly, Apple's Mail.app icon is the same for each platform whether it be for macOS or iOS unless it has been customized, just the same as the icon for other applications such as Safari, Firefox etc are all pretty standard regardless of operating platform.

You need the directions for Apple Mail.app for iPhone or iOS. The preferences and settings for options are different and unique for both as well as how you find where to set them.

But rather than fiddling with and changing the URL format, read Jake's comments in #11 above as how it will show on a reader's computer will depend on their settings for their mail application and how they want it displayed or how they use the link.


Maybe some sites like these might help you:

How to insert hypertext links into emails on iPhone

Most email apps let you put links within your message that appear as clickable text that you write, as opposed to simply pasting in a long, ugly URL. For example, you might want to point somebody to an article you found on the internet by writing "here are some instructions on how to take...

www.iphonefaq.org

or even some of these:

Google Search

- Patrick
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[kali89]

May I ask why you want to do that (Send in plain text)? If you are concerned about how it looks, bear in mind that how it looks to the RECEIVER is up to their settings, not yours. So an expanded link on your iPhone may not be an expanded link on the other end.

hi Mac.. thank you for your response..

what I actually want is to be able to paste UNFORMATTED TEXT on an email, like I can do in Thunderbird email client on my MacBook Pro... and for pasted links to remain AS TEXT LINKS, not convert to graphical links...

i.e., when I paste text from a newspaper article, I don't want the text to look like it looks in the newspaper, but the same way text looks when I write text on an email.. again, I can do this very easily in email client on my computer.. (you do shift-paste to paste unformatted text...)

thank you...

 

[MacInWin]

hi Mac.. thank you for your response..

what I actually want is to be able to paste UNFORMATTED TEXT on an email, like I can do in Thunderbird email client on my MacBook Pro... and for pasted links to remain AS TEXT LINKS, not convert to graphical links...

i.e., when I paste text from a newspaper article, I don't want the text to look like it looks in the newspaper, but the same way text looks when I write text on an email.. again, I can do this very easily in email client on my computer.. (you do shift-paste to paste unformatted text...)

thank you...

Again, you cannot control what arrives at the othr end. If the receiver has his email set up to fetch that preview for links, that is what will show, no matter how YOU sent it. Similarly, even if you have that preview showing in your send, it won't show on the other end unless the receiving system is set up to do so. I wouldn't worry about it, given that you can't control it.

 

[kali89]

but I should be able to make sure ALL TEXT IN MY EMAIL LOOKS THE SAME...

am attaching two screenshots from email client on my computer...
first paragraph I wrote from scratch.. 2nd paragraph is text I pasted from an article in The New York Times..

in first screenshot I did a simple paste, and the pasted text on 2nd paragraph looks like it does on the Times..
2nd screenshot I pasted the text from the Times article by hitting Shift-paste... and voilà -- both paragraphs look the same.. WHY CAN'T I DO THIS ON iPHONE EMAIL CLIENT?

thank you..

 

[pm-r]

both paragraphs look the same.. WHY CAN'T I DO THIS ON iPHONE EMAIL CLIENT?

I do not have an iPhone I can use to test this on but maybe the suggestions will allow you to get the formatting that you want in your Mail e-mail:
Apply text styles and formatting in Freeform on iPhone

Apply consistent styles and formatting in Freeform on iPhone

In Freeform on iPhone, use a consistent style and format (font, text size, and color) in the items on your Freeform board.

support.apple.com

or maybe try this???:

Instead of tapping 'copy' from the first menu, tap 'share'.

In the share menu tap 'copy'.

You should be able to paste without the previous formatting.

Paste and Match Style - iOS - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

I think what you might be aiming for his what they might call "Paste and Match Style".

I would have expected to be able to have one's email look the way they want it to in this 21st century, even if the receiver may see it differently, especially with an application developed by Apple and their pride of doing graphics and layout as well as they do.



- Patrick
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[kali89]

I do not have an iPhone I can use to test this on but maybe the suggestions will allow you to get the formatting that you want in your Mail e-mail:
Apply text styles and formatting in Freeform on iPhone

Apply consistent styles and formatting in Freeform on iPhone

In Freeform on iPhone, use a consistent style and format (font, text size, and color) in the items on your Freeform board.

support.apple.com

or maybe try this???:

Paste and Match Style - iOS - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

I think what you might be aiming for his what they might call "Paste and Match Style".

I would have expected to be able to have one's email look the way they want it to in this 21st century, even if the receiver may see it differently, especially with an application developed by Apple and their pride of doing graphics and layout as well as they do.



- Patrick
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thank you very much, Patrick... these might indeed help.. I will look at them tomorrow...

have a good night and thanks again...

 

[pm-r]

thank you very much, Patrick... these might indeed help.. I will look at them tomorrow...

Thanks and let's hope they do work.



- Patrick
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