[ edited for brevity & sent using MicroED! ] MR> ... with all the various text formatting options available across MR> several OS platforms, the only reliable *standard* remains *Simple MR> Plain Text*.
Agreed. Completely and without reservation. MR> ... using the "Windows compatible" editor, & and a proportional MR> font during composition is no guarantee that your recipient will MR> see it as you intended... MR> I recommend using the "MicroED" with TB!, and using editor utility MR> options like "auto-wrap" and "auto-format" so *all* your recipients MR> have a decent chance of reading neatly formatted, easy to read text. MR> ... is the only reliably courteous thing to do (and it MR> really doesn't seem much of a bother to accomplish either). Is the reason then that "Plain text - Windows" wraps badly due to the font chosen, as you suggest it may be? THAT would be a simple way to put this entire discussion to bed! Knowing I don't speak solely for myself and that I am not responding solely to Melissa ... I chose the "Plain Text (Windows)" option for the following reasons: * Number ONE answer: It is (or says it is) "Plain text" I agree this is the option I would choose 90% of the time in creating email messages. (I would like to send HTML email rarely and to a very select, specific audience.) * Number 2: I am intimately familiar with Windows editors so there is ZERO learning curve. I have quite often (way more times than you'd think from my emails!) tried to use the MicroEd editor but if is so completely foreign to me that I ended up having to constantly switch back and forth between the 2 plain text editors available to me that creating an email takes me MANY minutes instead of just a few seconds. At well over 100 emails a day (in addition to a real job and a life) that becomes quite unacceptable. BTW Another issue I have with the MicroEd editor is that the lines do not wrap at all (!) forcing me to ALT_L every paragraph in every message. Why does THAT happen? My answer FOR MY EMAILS TO THIS MAIL LIST is that I now create messages in "Plain text - Windows" than send with the "Plain text - MicroEd" option selected. It is another step, but since I am concerned that recipients are comfortable with my email (believe it or not) I do it. The rest of my messages I must (for the time being) continue to use (and send as) "Plain text - Windows" for no other reason than I needn't learn (yet) another set of keyboard conventions and editing procedures. I've been completely unable to edit in the MicroEd format. I can't get a bloody thing done. Once I figure out how to make "Plain text - Windows" editor send emails wrapped at X lines then the point is moot (unless folks simply WANT to argue!) As I've said before, this kind of thing borders on arguing religion. Some people care WAY TOO MUCH what other people think or do. -- Rich
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