Yes I know this. What I was trying to say in my pretty blue italics was that the first two undechipherable messages had been sent in plain text as I had heeded the request not to send in HTML .This message as far as I know is in plain text. I am asking for help, not to be told not to send in HTML which in the first two messages I did not. As I said other lists have managed to get my e-mails no problem so can some one adise me as as far I am aware I have followed earlier advice about changing to plain text. and feel frustrated and upset that this is causing so many problems Alison -----Original Message----- From: Chris Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ALISON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 27 March 2000 13:16 Subject: HTML, and why the list dislikes itRe: from Alison >Sure. It's because HTML adds little "codes" into the message. A higher end >browser can say "hey, that's HTML!" and either choose to read or ignore it. >Some browsers cannot, however, and it comes across as a bunch of machine >looking code. It tends to look scrambled, because your message (to me, with >OE 5.0) looks like it's in blue italics. However, these pretty blue italics >make reading it on certain newsreaders impossible, due to the imbedded code >that OE doesn't let you see. It's the same way the kak.worm virus worked; >it sent little codes to mess with your machine. So it's considered polite >in most circles to refrain from posting in HTML, because it adds >considerable length to the message (due to the invisible code) and it >renderers your message impossible to read for many. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: ALISON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 2:41 AM >Subject: from Alison > > >Im sorry some of you had problems with the e-mail I sent yesterday Im not >sure why that should be. I changed my format to plain text from HTML after >reading all the problems you were having on this list with viruses. I have >sent plain text to cavy lovers list no problem. Ive changed back to HTML for >this to see if it makes any difference. >Thank you Amy for translating for me. How did you do it? Can anyone give me >a clue as to why this happened. >Thanks, Alison > > >
