Email app that renders plain-text/fixed-width correctly?

[waqqas31]

All of my IT admin stuff needs data to be nicely formatted and legible, and that is only possible with fixed width fonts like Courier New, Lucida Console, etc.

I've tried Nine, Gmail and Samsung Email, and none of them respect the email's source formatting and force-convert the email to whichever font the app uses.

Is there any app out there that will get the job done?

 

[Rukbat]

Email protocol calls for text, not formatting. If your app "renders" anything but alphanumerics, you're using an app that's doing things in addition to email. If you use a plain email, it "renders" all text in whatever font you choose (or the font the developer chooses), and "renders" HTML as what you'd see if you looked at the "source code" of a web page.

If you need stuff formatted in a particular way, use word, and attach the document to an email.

[Android Apps is for app developers, to get help developing apps. I'm moving this to Ask a Question for better coverage.]

 

[ManiacJoe]

In your email app, check to see that any settings for plain text is not set to "flow".

 

[waqqas31]

In your email app, check to see that any settings for plain text is not set to "flow".

I did see that option in one of the clients I tried, but it didn't do anything like I was hoping for.

However, I did find a client that achieves my objective: Aquamail.

To appreciate what I was trying to achieve, compare the screenshots below. One from Samsung Email and the second from Aquamail. There are, of course, more complex and messy examples. View attachment 311754

 

[Rukbat]

There's only one picture.

 

[ManiacJoe]

I have AquaMail as my phone email app, but I don't do much email on my phone.
Just out of curiosity, what settings did you use to get the viewing you wanted?

 

[waqqas31]

There's only one picture.

Click the Attachment 311754 link above the picture to see the other one. It was a bit of a mess to get both "attached."

 

[waqqas31]

I have AquaMail as my phone email app, but I don't do much email on my phone.
Just out of curiosity, what settings did you use to get the viewing you wanted?

Open a plain-text email, then via the menu, View --> Enable mono font

 

[waqqas31]

Click the Attachment 311754 link above the picture to see the other one. It was a bit of a mess to get both "attached."

Woops. Here it is.