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As a programmer, I really despise any email not written in plain text (MIME type plain/text) and not wrapped at 80 chars width.

However the default gmail app only sends the emails I compose as text/html.

Is there any way, setting and/or app to get my favourite formatting?

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Since this is titled, "Gmail for Programmers", you could create a small application that provides the correct intent to compose as "text/html". – Jared Burrows Dec 28 '12 at 20:20

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Sorry to say this, but as far as I know this is not possible.

Google must have made it like this for a reason (not that I can see), probably because it is the 'Standard' with emails nowadays.

I am unsure whether or not some e-mail service like k-9 email, or other alternative clients offer this functionality, but it could be worth having a look.

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I've tried K-9, it says "syncing disabled" and does nothing. – Flavius Nov 28 '12 at 19:03
I know of no other way then sorry. – Liam W Nov 28 '12 at 19:08
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It's been there since May 2010: code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8712 :-( What's wrong with these people? – Flavius Nov 28 '12 at 19:15
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@Flavius - in all likelyhood, they are trying to keep the number of options in the thing to a minimum. In this case I'd actually argue that the option is unnecessary - the client should figure out if it needs HTML to format the message, and send as plain text if it doesn't. Given that the standard android client doesn't actually allow much formatting, I can't see why it would need the option outside of replies. – Michael Kohne Dec 28 '12 at 20:09
@MichaelKohne Yeah. I think I've seen your recent comment on the issue page (I'm subscribed via e-mail) – Flavius Dec 28 '12 at 21:55
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Kaiten lets you send emails in these formats:

  • Plain text (images and formatting will be removed)
  • HTML (images and formatting are preserved)
  • Automatic (plain text unless replying to an HTML message)

I'm not sure about the the width though. I haven't seen any setting where I can set it to 80 (or any other value).

By the way, I sync my GMail and Yahoo mail with Kaiten.

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