[techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!

[Norma]

Tips for Outlook Express users. When you click on New Mail to send your
message, also click on 'Format' (when the new window pops up) and then click
on 'Plain Text'. Outlook may be set up the same way (I can't remember since
I no longer have it on my system due to getting sick of a stupid error that
keeps on popping up after I have it running for a while that makes it
crash).

             Norma
*Insert witty message here!*

----- Original Message -----
From: Julia Frizzell <julia_frizzell at brown.edu>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] No HTML/RTF messages, please!


> At 8:37 AM -0700 10/28/99, Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote:
> >On Oct 28, Caitlyn Martin conjectured:
> >
> > > It is really bad netiquette, particularly on a UNIX list, to send
messages
> > > in HTML or RTF format.  *Please* use plain text.  At work, where I
have to
> > > use Microsoft software I can read them, but have you ever seen what
HTML
> > > looks like in KMail?  Most text-based e-mail programs?
> > >
> > > Many lists I belong to bounce HTML messages.  Be kind to those of us
who
> > > don't use Microsoft stuff or Netscape 100% of the time, OK?
> > >
> >
> >I want to second that!!
> >I *know* I already asked that people turn off HTML and stuff.  It does
> >annoying things in pine.  It shows up as a 2-part message: 1 part plain
> >text; 1 part HTML, please press v to view or save this as a file.  It
> >wastes space etc.
>
> The main problem with this might be that the person who is sending
> the formatted email may not realize they are doing it. Outlook users
> (hint, hint!) especially have no idea that they're sending formatted
> email.
>
> I agree with the sentiment, but posting direct to the list is
> probably not going to stop it. A politely worded request, perhaps
> with a link to instructions, or the instructions themselves, as to
> how to turn it off would probably work best.
>
> And just for fun -- I got my Linux box on my network this week! Using
> my Win98 box and Internet Connection sharing, I had that dial-up and
> then plugged in an internal static IP to linuxconf, and voila,
> Netscape worked! Next step -- cable modem (which arrives two weeks
> from today!)
>
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