Thompson, Steve wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Salt Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 1:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Is this email formatted correctly? <INSERTED INFO: Assuming OUTLOOK does not do any thing more, you email appears with "=" signs and two more characters, or "=" with a blank. Your URL is mangled, badly>When I send emails to IBM-MAIN=2C I always try to remember to click the 'Sh= ow plain text' button. Otherwise=2C the email is sent as rich text and I've= been told that everything flows into one big 'blob' and is difficult to re= ad. =20 This formatting problem doesn't occur when I send emails to individuals. An= d because the default always go back to rich text=2C I sometimes forget to = click the 'plain text' button when sending emails to IBM-MAIN. Because this= is a pain=2C I've just reported it to Microsoft and they've asked me to se= nd them an example of what people receive. So=2C if anyone is reading this = message and the formatting doesn't look 'right'=2C would you mind sending i= t back to me so I can forward it to Microsoft? =20 Just so you know what the formatting 'should' look like=2C I manually enter= ed the following: =20 This is on a line all by itself. This is on a line all by itself=2C and indented 3 spaces. Same as above but indented 6 spaces. Once again=2C but only indented 3 spaces. Not indented. =20 The paragraph below is identical to the paragraph above=2C except that I pa= sted it from a mainframe session (just in case it makes any difference): =20 This is on a line all by itself. This is on a = line all by itself=2C and indented 3 spaces. Same as above but indent= ed 6 spaces. Once again=2C but only indented 3 spaces. = Not indented. = =20 =20 Thanks! Dave SaltSimpList(tm) - try it=3B you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.co= m/products/SIM/simplist.htm =20 <SNIP> Regards, Steve Thompson
But on this email, I see all those "=20"s and such. Your usual emails don't seem to have those. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-393-8716 http://www.trainersfriend.com z/OS Application development made easier * Our classes include + How things work + Programming examples with realistic applications + Starter / skeleton code + Complete working programs + Useful utilities and subroutines + Tips and techniques ==> Check out the Trainer's Friend Store to purchase z/OS <== ==> application developer toolkits. Sample code in four <== ==> programming languages, JCL to Assemble or compile, <== ==> bind and test. <== ==> http://www.trainersfriend.com/TTFStore/index.html <== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
