To Mike Scott:- Wouldn't it be easier for the receiving site to return a message to the sender advising him/her that the message is in HTML and to change to TEXT? On 2011-03-14, at 9:42 AM, Mike Scott wrote:
> On 14/03/11 12:38, David B Teague sr wrote: >> On 3/14/2011 3:51 AM, Mike Scott wrote: >>> On 14/03/2011 00:10, David B Teague sr wrote: >>> ... >>>> Am I posting in HTML mode? Tell me if I am, and I'll do my best to find >>> >>> Yes. >>> >>>> out how to stop that. >>> >>> Good idea. >>> >>> >> Thanks for the heads up. It think those of us who use a mail reader that >> is HTML aware, such as Thunderbird will not know that is a problem for >> anyone else. I can be annoying enough just being myself. I don't need >> annoy with HTML. >> >> For the benefit of anyone using TB, here is what I did. Others ignore, >> please. >> >> By default TB sends all domains both HTML and Text. >> >> HTML mail allows formatting that Text doesn't. I looked in TB's Options >> > Format This provides Text or HTML and other options without >> exception. To find a more fine grained solution, I looked in >> Thunderbird's Tools > Options > Composition, clicked the Send Options. A >> setting there determines whether HTMLis sent and domain exceptions are >> provided for. > > for completeness, > T > O > C > General | Send Options > >> >> I added openoffice.org as a text only domain. >> >> **Please let me know if I was successful in sending TEXT only to this list. > > You're fine now. > > I must say I really dislike those depressingly frequent html emails with HUGE > font sizes and garish layouts. I wonder if the lists could usefully suppress > html content in some way. > > > > -- > Mike Scott > Harlow, Essex, England > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > For additional commands send email to [email protected] > with Subject: help > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For additional commands send email to [email protected] with Subject: help
