Can't you simply use AOL as your 'ISP' and then set up a free pop email acct
with someone like crosswinds.net and use something like Outlook?
D
on 2/3/01 10:52 AM, Peter Alling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If that doesn't convince someone to stop using AOL
> then nothing will.
>
> --- Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Jay O'Brien sent this to the majordomo users list.
>> Thought it might
>> be of interest here. And I might also take this
>> opportunity to remind
>> everyone to use plain text.
>>
>> <QUOTE>
>>
>> How to send plain text from AOL V6.0:
>> =====================================
>>
>> 1. Make sure your font is set to Arial 10, the AOL
>> default.
>>
>> 2. Create a message using only default Arial 10
>> type. Any
>> quoted text pasted in from another message must
>> also be
>> in Arial 10 type (no bold, other sizes or
>> colors). Note:
>> if you paste a message that was received in HTML
>> format,
>> it will probably cause you to send in HTML.
>>
>> 3. Hit Control-A to highlight the entire message.
>>
>> 4. Right click anywhere in the message itself: A
>> 'popup menu'
>> will appear. Move the cursor to "text" and
>> another menu
>> will appear. Move the cursor to "normal" and
>> click on it.
>>
>> 5. Send the message.
>>
>> ======================================
>>
>> I don't think even AOL knows how to do this.
>>
>> This has been tested at length and apparently is
>> relatively
>> easy to accomplish in AOL 6.0. Of course AOL
>> "updates" their
>> users software on line without the users knowledge,
>> so this
>> fix could be removed by AOL at any time.
>>
>> Attempts to communicate with AOL result in
>> boilerplate messages
>> that "apologize for the inconvenience" and suggest
>> fixes that
>> don't work.
>>
>> <END QUOTE>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> --
>> Douglas Forrest Brewer
>> Ashwood Lake Photography
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> http://www.alphoto.com
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