"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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> >> > "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?
> >> >
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> > 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?
Ok I use Netscape at work (not my choice) and we have several
newsgroups.........work related and RTF works just fine. I post in
usenet groups with RTF that is as long as *IT* does not cause a big
stink. I do scope out a group and respect the posting format being used,
the group I am currently posting from allows both formats, but the group
you are posting from does not.
Donna
