My gmail shows the formatting choice immediately above the box you type in on the far left side; it says "rich formatting" right now and if I click on it, it will change it to rich formatting style or HTML; if it says "plain text", that means you are sending it in HTML and need to change it; it indicates what you can change it to, not what you are using right now. So if it says "plain text", then you need to click on it to make the change. Does that make sense? You'd think that when it says "plain text" it means that's what you are using; or at least that is what I would have thought haha!
Other posts have been saying that it doesn't matter sometimes because if you reply to an HTML post, yours picks up that same style. I don't know about that because every time there's a complaint I go and look at my posts and they all say I've still got it in plain text mode. Frustrating. The only way I ever know if someone posted in HTML is if they happen to use colors or different fonts; that sort of embellishing. None of that bothers me and likewise, it doesn't bother me to try to post in plain text. It does bother me when we get this sniper attack when someone makes a mistake, always unwittingly. It's not like we're out here creating wild and crazy posts just to tick people off. My understanding is that the HTML takes up more "bandwidth" and not only takes up a bit more space on the servers but people with very slow connections have a hard time getting them to load properly; I think it takes a long time to open and that's why some people get so annoyed; nobody wants to sit around waiting five minutes for an email to open. I might be wrong about that but that seems to be what I've heard is the problem with HTML. On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Jane Sarles <[email protected]> wrote: > I may be one of the offenders. I use gmail, and I checked the > "settings" but could not see where I could possibly selected "plain > text" instead of HTML. I would be happy to cooperate, but, since I > don't know how, I suppose the best thing is for me to not send > messages to the list. > > I am OK at genealogy, but not very conversant with email technicalities. > > Not a happy LEGACY camper > Jane > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
