make thunderbird NOT show html

[Raymond C. Rodgers]

Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It seems that there are many clueless people who could never write a 
> web page but seem to feel more than qualified to send html mail.  I am 
> tired of squinting at itty bitty fonts that are rendered by 
> Thunderbird whenever it displays html email.  (List denizens, please 
> note: html mail gets an instant delete here; you will receive no help 
> from me.)
>
> Does anybody know how to make Thunderbird display only the text/plain 
> portion of multipart email?
>
> I've set up a filter to delete email with the header "Content-Type: 
> text/html" but that only catches some of it.
>
> A hearty toast to whomever can solve this one.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Wright
>
View -> Message Body As -> Plain Text generally works for me, and stays 
set until I change it again.
Raymond