re HTML use $%^%$^

[Keith Hamilton]

Thanks for the hints John.  I had Plain Text checked but
did not uncheck the reply in format sent box.

Thank you for the VERY helpful post!

Keith Hamilton, RPT
Youngstown, OH

----- 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
> 
> 
> 
>