How to Send a Message in Plain Text From Yahoo Mail

People have become accustomed to sending and receiving rich-text email messages, which include text formatting, inline photos, links, and scenic backgrounds. But plain-text still has its uses. Yahoo Mail makes it possible for you to send either format.

Rich-text is the default format for email, but you may still want to use the older version sometimes. Here are some advantages to plain-text.

• Sophisticated email filters identify rich-text emails as "commercial" and frequently filter them out. Marketing surveys also suggest that people open rich-text emails less often than plain-text ones.
• Some people prefer receiving plain text emails. If you know what the recipient of an email you are composing prefers, you can cater to them.
• If you routinely send out a lot of email and bandwidth is a concern, staying with plain text emails minimizes the problem because they have way lower data requirements.

To compose a text-only message or convert a rich-text email to plain text in Yahoo! Mail:

You can go back to rich-text formatting if you change your mind. Click the rich-text button at the bottom of the compose window. It looks like a capital T with a small plus sign next to it.