On 4/29/06 7:50 AM, "Thomas Carpentier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sending a message in both Plain Text and HTML doesn't seem to be a > solution. Apple mail displays the Plain Text only (as immediate > alternative). Eudora displays the two parts, plain text and HTML. No > idea about others programs. Apple Mail as shipped "prefers" the HTML part. Using defaults write blah, blah in Terminal one can (and I have) set Mail to "prefer" plain text. Either way, the other form can be displaying using Command-] (short for View-->Message-->Next Alternative). However, in this case, you control the sending (you are the one who sends to the newsletter). You could split the list into two lists, one preferring plain text and the other preferring HTML, and then send messages with only the right form to each list. The Mac-related TidBITS newsletter works that way (with a third alternative of HTML with article headlines linked to the stories on the web site). It appears that, using Thunderbird, you would prepare the HTML version of the newsletter, and send it to the address of the HTML-preferring list, whose address would be marked in the Thunderbird address book as preferring HTML mail. Then you would select the message in the sending account's Sent folder, and use the Message-->Edit Message as New command. Change the address to that of the plain text list. In Thunderbird's Preferences in the Composition tab, on the "Configure text format behavior" line, click the Send Options... button. In the upper box, set the popup to "Convert the message to plain text". Suggestion: if you go this route, tune up your Thunderbird settings by sending to a couple of addresses which are NOT lists, until you get it right. With luck, that will help you avoid annoying the list members with failed tests. --John ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
