Select the
Editor ... option to launch an
alternate text editor
program for composing a mail message. When you perform the
save/quit function in the alternate editor, the contents of that file
appear in the Composition window.
See the
Composition Window Preferences dialog for information
about specifying an alternate editor of your choice.
NOTES:
- It is not possible to completely bypass the
Composition window when using an alternate
editor.
- If you have used functions in the
Edit menu,
and if your message type is MIME, you may
see
MIME Enriched Text markup tags mixed
in with the message text. If you delete these
tags you will undo their effect on the text. You
can manually add tags if you like, though you
will likely find doing so in the Composition
window is much easier.
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