From: Dave Edelman (dedelman@iname.com)
Date: Tue Jan 21 2003 - 19:50:29 CST
Diane,
If you are using Outlook as your mail reader I suggest that you open one of
your messages and select View Options. from the drop down menu bar.
The bottom of the dialog box that appears is called Internet Headers, you
can scroll through this part of the screen. Ignore the gibberish and
gobbledygook, look for a line that starts with MIME-version. From there
look down a few lines for a line that says Content-Type. If the content type
is anything line multipart/alternative;, then you are most likely using
HTML. In fact you are using HTML. The content-type should be text/plain;
charset=us-ascii.
To change this in Outlook select the tools drop down menu - from there
select options. This will bring up a form with selection tabs along the top
edge. Select mail format and depending on the version of Outlook there will
be a way of selecting plain text. Once this is done, everyone will be much
less cranky about a large amount of useless information attached to every
message.
The reason that all of the messages look good in Outlook is that Outlook is
a MIME aware mail reader which can read and display HTML.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Diane Mikulis
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:26 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: HTML
I use Outlook and am not receiving any junk from any of these posts. They
all come through clean, readable and free of garbage. How can you tell if
they are in HTML or plain text? I apologize to anyone who is not getting
this in an easily readable format. This one is supposed to be in plain text
and I wonder if it looks different from the one I sent earlier that was
unknowingly in HTML.
Diane Mikulis
Troop 757, Glenwood, MD
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
Behalf Of Johnlebl@aol.com
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:48 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: HTML
In a message dated 01/20/2003 5:36:07 PM Central Standard Time,
SIHIWI@aol.com writes:
I know that having your HTML "on" slows down the list. Since this comes up
a lot, how do I know if my HTML is on? Can you tell by this Email if it is
on or off? I am on AOL and just read and send. Second, if it is on how do
I turn it off? Maybe the ones you are addressing this post to do not even
know it is on. :+)
Going back in 2003!!
YIS(P)
Bruce
With AOL, you cannot set HTML on or off and plain text on or off. AOL does
that for you.
Supposedly, if you use the default settings on font, size and color it is
sent in plain text on versions 6.0 and higher. If you change any of those
settings from the default settings then it sends it in HTML.
I say suposedly because there is no control or gaurantee with AOL. You are
simply at their mercy. The same mercy that dumps thousande of junk, spam
and illegal email on your desktop daily.
And now you know why I am leaving AOL this next week.
All their "talk" about controls, filters and other comments is all hollow
meaning without substaqnce. Some they are working on, some they are not and
most generate income for them. Income from advertizing is what drives the
media business, not subscription rates.
Although I have attempted to send this in plain text, I am sure it is going
out in HTML to some without my knowledge, consent or control.
John LeBlanc
AOL shortimer
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