How to Send a Message in Plain Text From Yahoo Mail
To compose a text-only message or convert a rich-text email to plain text in Yahoo Mail:
Switching Back to Rich Text
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.
Why Use Plain Text?
Rich-text is the default format for email, but you may 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 lower data requirements.
