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You can "view source" by selecting all or part of the message, click on "Insert, HTML".

URL links: If you hover the mouse above a link, do you not see the full URL in the Status Bar at the bottom?

Font size: I hear ya. The mix of fonts make the messages appear amateurish at the receiving end. It's caused by entering text beyond the last </font>. Annoying. I hope they fix it.

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Thanks for the "Insert, HTML" trick. (Though I fear I might not remember that. I would never have expected or even tried that.)

URL in statusbar: Sadly no, not in the editor. Do you?

Yes, URL appears in the statusbar on Windows 7 Thunderbird 31.5.0.

Strange. It doesn't appear here on Windows 7 or 8, TB 31.5.0. (I click "Write", "Insert", "Link...", enter a link text and location, click "OK" and hover over the link. The status bar remains empty. I also tried in safe-mode without extensions.)

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