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From: | CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: html in emails |
Date: | Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:27:45 -0400 |
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Sterten AT aol DOT com wrote: > cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com: > >> You keep posting these silly html things and getting no answers. >> Use pure text. > > silly or not - how to stop it ? > My email-program does it. Actually I'd usually prefer text-only > emails, but don't know how. Maybe this is text, I can chose > "text only", but AFAIR we tested it before and it didn't work. > Also I'm subscribed to dozends of lists and forums, hard to > remember where the html-haters are. You've got it. Don't worry about html non-haters - all email and Usenet accepts pure text, but may not accept html. Html is dangerous to the receiver. Do get your software to properly quote and mark quotes. Some useful links on quoting: <http://www.xs4all.nl/%7ewijnands/nnq/nquote.html> <http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/mail-news-errors.html> <http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html> <http://www.star-one.org.uk/computer/format.htm> -- [mail]: Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) [page]: <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net> Try the download section.
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