Sheesh. I just created myself a damn Excite account and within 30
seconds I found the HTML / Plain text switch.
When you are in the compose message screen, look just below the box
where you compose your message, you will see
Send email as: < > HTML formatted < > Plain Text
Excite's screwy design defaults to HTML, and in my quick perusal of the
preferences, I don't see how to change the defaults. But all you have
to do is, each time before you email a message, click on the Plain Text
radio button. Problem solved (except for some reason it still appends
a final <hr>, which is not a big deal since the main problem is fixed
because it will set the Content-Type header to text/plain).
If it were me, I'd find a better free account that doesn't default to
HTML or that lets me change the default so I don't have to click Plain
Text for every email.
--
"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
Jim,
I wanted to say something onlist because you seemed upset. Don't be offended by Erik's reaction to your e-mails. He is entitled to say something to you if he doesn't like what he gets in his mailbox from the list. Yet, if you can't, or aren't willing to change the settings, that's also your prerogative.
A few months ago, at three people on the list 'suggested' on list and off that I change mail servers and ISP's for the same reason. They weren't terribly pleasant about it either. I was apparently also the cause of a long rant / diatribe by Kneem on how evil HTML is -- although he/she does that every once in a while even when I'm not posting to the list. ;-)
Very simply put:
You have a right to be here. You have a right to contribute. If you can change your e-mail settings, please do so out of courtesy. But if someone / anyone tells you to *change* e-mail servers or ISP's, don't do so if you don't want to.
And, by all means, don't be offended by the list's reaction. This is a simple problem that all plain text maillists go through these days. People just don't like getting e-mails they have to decipher. :-)
Jon
