[ClassicCMP] Re: HTML: was Re: Announcement: CHANGES TO THE LIST

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Sat Feb 5 22:16:34 2000

I'd send to Gary but, you know ...

Go to the options panel and turn off "use microsoft viewer" and it wont
convert to HTML. It will still "flow" it however. So this message has been
"flowed" by Eudora, can anyone confirm or deny that it is in HTML or RTF?
(I see it as having two change bar type things on the left side.

--Chuck

At 05:01 PM 2/5/00 -0800, you wrote:

>>I've noticed on rare occasions, that regular contributors post an HTML or
>>multipart message as a follow-up. I don't have one handy to check, but I
>>suspect that's due to Netscape Messenger (and I think Outlook may do it
>>too) having a setting that normally sends plain text, but HTML-ises a
>>reply to an HTML message. I'm pretty sure the regulars who've let that
>>happen have done so unintentionally.
>>
>>--
>>
>>Pete Peter Turnbull
>> Dept. of Computer Science
>> University of York
>
>You can blame Eudora as well. They implemented a new "flowed" display
>that changes text set off by > into a change bar sort of thing. Unfortunatly,
>when you reply to a message that is already a reply, it turns the mess
>into some kind of RTF (html is mostly used.) I have my Eudora configured
>to ASK first before sending this, and to set "send as text only" before
>it gets launched. If you don't configure it to ASK, it goes out RTF'd.
>
>And it appears that Eudora turns ALL messages into HTML internally (when
>I do a "view source" on any message, I get HTML for everything - even
>the rfc822 headers. I've complained several times to the Eudora tech
>support and have never received an answer...)
>
>-Gary
>
Received on Sat Feb 05 2000 - 22:16:34 GMT