OS X Mail: Display e-mails in plain text format

If you have problems with HTML emails received in OS X Mail, you can force the Mail app to display e-mails in plain text using the following defaults write command.

defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText -bool true

You need to restart Mail for the changes to take effect.

Restore to default with:

defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText -bool false

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