Thanks for the info John. I had a few complaints about my posts, but had never really understood what the trouble was. I checked your things here and a couple of mine were different - so I changed them. Hope my posts are better now. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Delacour" <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 7:53 AM Subject: Re: re HTML use $%^%$^ > At 9:06 AM +1030 2/3/02, Robin Stevens wrote: > >I am sick and tired of viewing HTML alphabet soup when trying to read > >Piano-Digest posts!! > > > >If you users, are smart enough to use a Computer..... THEN......PLEASE > >NOTE.!!!!!! > > I agree that HTML is a pain, but it does not follow that the world's > greatest piano restorers and tuners are necessarily aware of all the > intricacies of SMTP and of their mail software. Nevertheless it > would be nice if they'd take the trouble to learn just enough to > avoid creating the inconvenience and bloat that unnnecessary HTML > messages create. Here are a few basic settings. > > For users of OUTLOOK EXPRESS for WINDOWS, here is how to stop causing pain: > > 1. From the 'Tools' menu select 'Options' > 2. Click on the 'Send' tab in the dialog box > 3. Select 'Plain Text' > 4. Click on the 'Plain Text Options' button > 5. Choose 'MIME' and select 'Quoted-Printable' in the pop-up menu. > 6. UNCHECK 'Reply to messages in the format in which they were sent' ** > > > For users of OUTLOOK EXPRESS for MACINTOSH > > 1. From the 'Edit' menu select 'Preferences' > 2. Click on the 'Compose' tab in the dialog box > 3. Select 'Plain Text' from the popup menu for Messages/Mail > 4. UNCHECK 'Reply to messages in the format in which they were sent' ** > > ** Even if your default is to send plain text, when you reply to a > formatted message, your reply will also be formatted if you have not > unchecked 'Reply to messages in the format in which they were sent'. > BUT you can leave this checked and remove the formatting from the > 'Format' menu or Options pop-up in the message itself. > > The important thing is to set the DEFAULT to PLAIN TEXT. This does > not prevent you from formatting a message to an individual whenever > you want to. > > Users of Eudora for Macintosh can remove all styling/formatting from > outgoing messages by selecting all the text and typing > COMMAND+OPTION+T. Users of Windows Eudora must select "Clear > Formatting" from the Edit menu or type ALT-ete. > > In order for Windows Eudora to create proper attribution lines, so > that people can see whose message you are replying to, you must reply > TO ALL and not just reply (Ron please note!). In Options you can map > CONTROL-R to Reply to All if you want, otherwise you can just type > ALT-ma. > > Eudora Settings/Options should always be set to warn the user if he > is sending formatted messages. > > Just because a message looks "plain text" to the sender -- for > example all Arial 10 and black, just like plain text -- does not mean > it is plain text. It is necessary to set up the mailer properly to > avoid messages being sent with all the unnecessary html coding. A > Macintosh user does not want to read your Arial 10 -- it is miles too > small. All we need is the plain text displayed as WE want to see it. > > > JD > >
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