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> "Christopher Jahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> And it came to pass that Cexy� wrote:
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>> > "Christopher Jahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> >> And it came to pass that Cexy� wrote:
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>> >> > "Cevpx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> >> >> Christopher Jahn wrote:
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>> >> >> > Adding a flowered background or six kind of fonts
>> >> >> > in seven colors just doesn't seem to be a
>> >> >> > compelling argument for screwing these people.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Screw who?
>> >> >
>> >> > Ok can somebody give me an answer to this
>> >> > question.........Is Rich Text HTML no pictures or
>> >> > flowers but just TEXT! Who is finally going to get
>> >> > some? Damn I need to post that in the history books!
>> >>
>> >> Rich Text is a MicroSoft proprietary format, and is NOT
>> >> plaintext. It is also not HTML.
>> >
>> > Ok lets go a step farther..........if Rich Text is not
>> > plaintext and also not HTML can I make a post in this
>> > group alt.netscape using Rich Text and *NOT* have some
>> > moron jump my Ass for posting in HTML?
>> >
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>> That's assuming anyone will be able to read the proprietary
>> format at all. Many clients simply do not "see" RTF, they
>> find a blank message.
>>
>> Stick with plaintext. Or don't post.
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> What/who are these many clients
Mostly, it's a mail issue - I don't know of anyone posting RTF
to newsgroups.
Netscape Messenger dose not parse RTF. It's one of the more
frequent issues that comes up in the Communicator support group.
Pegasus Mail is another. As you sift through various forums,
you'll hear about others, but I can't name more off the top of
my head.
>.............could it be the
> servers are filtering out RTF?
>
If the header is on the server, it hasn't been filtered out.
In Messenger, you can use VIEW SOURCE to parse the RTF in
Composer. so the message is there, it's just not parsed because
it's a PROPRIETARY MS FORMAT. And to natively parse PROPRIETARY
MS FORMATS, you have to get a license from MS.
And why do that when there are perfectly adequate, accessible
and compliant standards available?
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}:-) Christopher Jahn
{:-( Dionysian Reveler
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