"M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Mike, > >I can't tell what mail client you're using, or if it's a web-mail >system, but I do know that Outlook Express, which is by far the most >widely used e-mail client, has that trouble, too. > >You can tell it to send plain text most of the time, but it often >switches over to HTML mode again when you're replying to a message sent >in that format. Of course there's *no* indication that it's doing that >until you send it and see the result. <sigh> > >Ruth: It's been a while since I tried Hotmail, but I believe there's a >place where you can select Plain Text as your default e-mail format, or >possibly select it for each new message you send. > >Most folks here have learned to deal with this, especially after the >dozenth time their post bounces for being too big. <grin> > >I *recommend* turning off HTML, but it isn't an issue I'm going to >hammer on really hard, especially since it has a lot to do with the >primitive state of the technology used to operate this list, which is >my responsibility. > >Be well, > >Mike D.
Hi Mike, I use Pimmy, which allows an unlimited number of email addresses and mail servers. That way I can get a bunch of different ones from mymail, and when one starts picking up spam, I just delete it and use another. I expect that will happen sooner or later, as someone in the list will eventually get a virus that will go through their email addresses and send them to a spammer. I use plain ascii for email, and either compose in my own editor that I wrote, or use Pimmy's editor for short notes. It doesn't automatically switch over to html like many other clients. The problem is I replied to a message that had the html encoded as a Base64 attachment. I don't notice it because it is rare, and it took a couple of tries to figure out how to kill it. Now that I know it can happen, I will be on the lookout for it in the future. But I really wish people would not use html. It makes the message much larger - not just a little bit. It takes longer to download and uses much more disk space. When I download a bunch of messages, I know which ones are in html before I even see the title and author. The reason is they take so long to download. This gives me an opportunity to practise my "How to Become a Saint" exercises, instead of chewing on the keyboard. Best Wishes, Mike M -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
