Change Windows Mail send settings

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You can use the Send tab in the Windows Mail Options dialog box to change settings related to how and when e‑mail messages are sent. To access the Send tab:


1.     Open Windows Mail.

2.     Click the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Send tab.



Change how Windows Mail handles sent messages and e‑mail addresses


Under Sending, you'll find options for determining how Windows Mail handles messages that you create.




Choose how messages you send are formatted


Select the Reply to messages using the format in which they were sent check box to automatically choose plain text or Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format when replying to a message, depending on the format of the original message.


Under Mail Sending Format and News Sending Format, you can choose whether to send plain text or HTML messages by default, and adjust settings for those messages. For details, see Format text in an e‑mail or newsgroup message.



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