Apparently AOL's new version - AOL 9.0 - allows members to send plain-text email messages (finally!) that won't get held by our list server or be hard for digest users to read.
First, you need to upgrade to 9.0. That should be free, and you can probably download it from AOL if you have a fast connection (they may have already sent you a disk, or will if you contact Customer Service.) Once you have 9.0.... First you open an email window and right click inside the message blank. A pop-up menu will appear and at the very bottom of the pop-up there is a "Compose as Plain Text" choice. Click on that option and you will see that the font attributes bar choices dims out. (This takes away the ability to put any HTML codes, such as BOLD, ITALICS, font colors, back ground, and embedded graphics and such in the message.) (To test this you can again right click in the message blank and the pop-up will have "Compose as HTML" as the bottom choice. Click on that choice and you will see that the font attributes bar lights back up again. OK.) Right click again and select "Compose as Plain Text" and you can type and send your message to the Mpls-Issues list with no problems and no reminder messages from Jason or me! The next time you open an email window it will automatically default to the "Compose as HTML" mode, so you only have to change it if you want to draft and send a plaintext message. This procedure is only guaranteed to work in the latest release of AOL 9.0 Optimized. I do NOT know if this works in newer versions (later builds) of AOL 8.0 IMI 8.0 but it may as AOL sometimes sends new or updating code to subscribers who use older versions of AOL. I am told you can also send plain text e-mails from www.aol.com, but don't know the exact procedure. David Brauer List manager REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
