Is there a "No Plain-Text Tinkering" option hidden somewhere in 
Thunderbird, so that plain text will be displayed as plain text?

There is nothing wrong with ">" marks, and the special handling in 
Thunderbird tends to only be done for some lines, not all -- which 
produces an inconsistent impression.  But even if it were done right, it 
would be annoying because I asked for a plain text view and am not 
getting it.

What got me going at this moment is the message that Alexander Henry 
kindly sent out to publicize the InstallFest.  He put "-- " at the head 
of the message, and Thunderbird decided that must be a signature 
separator, and someone has decreed that signatures should be 50% less 
readable, so the entire text is displayed in gray instead of black text.

MS Outlook removes "extra" newlines from all plain text messages and 
that drives me crazy.  I'm learning to format my plain text messages 
with double spacing to prevent Outlook recipients from seeing everything 
mushed together; or I just give up and use rich text formatting so I can 
control how my message is displayed.  But at least Outlook presents a 
button at the top, to "Restore extra newlines" or words to that effect. 
  I haven't found the equivalent "display as-is" option in Thunderbird.

Thanks,

Vic
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