In article <001501c0e9a3$7d0e15b0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, P Witte
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Martin Wheatley writes:
>
>> Marcus wrote
>> >It's just that you answered an HTML mail and therefore it
>generated
>> >HTML, too, I suppose.
>>
>> And Malcolm replied
>> >Also, to send HTML you must have MIME enabled ... otherwise it is
>> >rejected. Dis-enable MIME when sending plain text.
>> >If you are using Outlook Excess, it is buried somewhere in the
>menus :-(
>>
>> Marcus is right Malcolm. It's not that simple
>> Whatever defaults you set up in OE (and to be fair most Windows
>> mail progs) apply only to NEW e-mails
>> If you hit the Reply button then it creates a copy of the original
>> message complete with all the original message's formatting and it
>> is that you are typing into. Hence the occasional HTML messages
>> from people who are normally not set up for HTML
>
>In LookOut its normally easy enough to see the format of the message
>youre replying to. However, to make your settings foolproof, ie safe
>from oneself, at least in later versions of OE :
>
>Under Tools/Options/Send, untick "Reply to messages using same format
>as they were sent".
Yes, thanks, Per, ... that is the menu option that I was thinking about
when I replied to Martin. ( Not being a regular user, I could not
recall these exact details ... ).
Lookout is easy enough, I found, to both find the options available and
set up. Then you 'never' can reply in the same format automatically ...
which avoids the problems which we have been highlighting.
>
>On the same page under "Mail sending format" select the Plain Text
>radio button, and while youre there check the settings under the
>"International Settings" button and select Western European (ISO).
>
>Finally, in the address book (Tools/Address Book), under the ql-user
>entry,
>Name tab, tick the "Send E-Mail using plain text only" button,
>
>repeat the latter step for all your nerdy acquaintances,
>
>and Bobs yer aunts live-in lover!
All excellent advice ... and readily available in the software.
It just seems that many M$ users don't explore the features of the
software that they are using.
>
>PS I can still think of a couple more excuses for bungling up after
>this, but I think I better save them for my own use ;)
I believe that Martin uses Eudora, and not Lookout. So he is probably
not 'guilty' of this :-)
--
Malcolm Cadman
