so I see a text mode option which I chose (and that's the only option I see that seems relevant to removing formatting).
https://i.imgur.com/cwTbKVf.png
Now I look in the email in the sent folder
https://i.imgur.com/6Er8poK.png
And it still shows with lost of carriage returns in there. And I look at the options in the sent window too and there's no option to remove them.
So anyhow they still got put in.
Maybe there's another option I can't see?