----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:55 PM Subject: Re: "Under God" (Was Re: Tragedy in Israel)
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > In a message dated Fri, 7 Dec 2001 8:35:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, > "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Why do some people persist in posting HTML messages? > > > > I use AOL. The AOL 7 software cannot be configured to send just text. > > What exactly does aol provide that a person can't get thru a good ISP? > It also seems to me that you should be able to use any email client? Am > I wrong?? > I prefer not to *tell people what to do*, though that appears to be what The Fool is doing in a mild sort of way, I too dislike AOL. But I have used AOL to access POP3 mail from another ISP using Outlook. (I'm sure any email client will do). So you might be able to get a POP3 account and keep AOL. AOL charges 5 or 6 dollars a month for their service if you are acccesing the net from a different ISP. I know people who do this for their kids. Right now I'm on a cable modem service, and half the mailing lists I'm on are delivered to MSN. I configured Outlook to look for mail on 4 different accounts on 3 different servers and have had no problems. That being said, ITS RANT TIME!!!!!! Html mail posting has become so common on the net that it has become normal everyday for many. Why dont the Luddite bastards <G>that bitch about wanting plaintext just upgrade their mail to accomodate reality. I fully understand the complaints about posting graphic image files in mail, I even agree, but I havent seen anything in HTML mail postings that was offensive in any way, except to those with out of date mail programs. I fail to see why the biggest ISP in the world (AOL) and the biggest groups of users (newbies and AOL users), cannot be accomodated. Let the non-bitching resume! xponent rob
