= Outlook Line Breaks =

**Summary**: How to configure outlook to not remove line breaks in plain text emails. \\
**Date**: Around 2014 \\
**Refactor**: 4 January 2025: Checked links and formatting. \\
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= Introduction =

I receive a lot of mail which is plain text, coming from unix and linux servers who are trying to tell me something. The bad luck is, the company has settled for outlook :( . And outlook breaks these emails. I do get an information bar telling me: "Extra line breaks in this message were removed" but I have to click and click again and it's just not working how I like it. This so-called feature is called "Auto Remove Line Breaks" and is enabled by default in Outlook. To disable it follow these steps:

* Open Outlook.
* On the Tools menu, click Options.
* On the Preferences tab, click the E-mail Options button.
* Click to clear the "Remove extra line breaks in plain text messages" check box: \\
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* Click OK two times.

= Useful Links =

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287816