On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 01:26 PM, Donald Keenan wrote: > Thanks, Allen. > I thought I tried that once and it still bounced, but I'll try it again > should the occasion arise. > I'm using Apple's Mail app and though my preferences are still > defaulted > to Rich Text I don't seem to have a problem with messages bouncing. I'm > assuming it'll only be a problem should I try to apply some feature of > rich text. > The OS X list I just joined asks that we Mail users turn off Rich Text > as a default text, but I'm assuming that's only because some folks > forget not to choose a font that's not the default font? > Donald
Non-plain-text email is evil. Really, it is. And it has nothing to do with default fonts, etc. Not all email programs can read Rich Text. Even better, even those that DO read/write stylized e-mail do not all use the same standard. Some use HTML to do stylized text. Others use "Rich Text Format". Others do other, weirder things. The problem comes in what happens if you try to read an RTF or HTML email in a program that can't handle that specific variety of email. Some of my email accounts require me to use an old UNIX mail program called Pine. If I receive HTML email, at best I get to look at the raw HTML code... at worst I have to save the email to a file, then open it in a Web browser... except that these email accounts are on remote UNIX servers, which means I then have to make sure it gets saved into my Public HTML directory so that I can access it from another computer... or I have to FTP in and fetch it. All to read an email. If it's RTF email, all I get to look at is garbage. You are correct in assuming that Mail doesn't actually send RTF unless you add style to your text. What's probably happening in your case is that you're pasting a URL and Mail is interpreting the underline and blue color as style. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
