Someone coach me through the process of switching my Outlook express to
plain text and I'm all ears!!

Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel
-----Original Message-----
From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 4:37 PM
Subject: HTML / RTF and various stuffs

>I think a few valid points have been raised here - I will add a few more
too.
>
>- I would like to see no HTMLized emails posted to the list.  There are a
>lot of email programs out there that cannot correctly handle messages like
>this.  I think Bill's Outlook and Outlook Express is the biggest culprits
>out there as they default to HTML over plain text when you first set them
up.
>
>- Plain text should be the "official" list format, everyone can view it and
>it can be imported by almost any program out there.
>
>- Signatures haven't been a problem from what I have seen. We are all
>individuals and some people feel they should have a unique or expressive
>signature.  As long is it isn't rude or 50 lines long I really don't see a
>problem.
>
>- Topics should be wide open to Vanagon and Vanagon related subjects -
>camping stories, journey, VW memories, how to etc are all acceptable IMHO.
>There is nothing I hate worse than to see someone say "that was covered in
>the archives three years ago".  Most people are asking a genuine question
>and want a genuine responce.  It is NOT a waste of band width as some
>people would put it.  Every time I have seen "oh no another repeat of the
>xxxx topic" I have always seen new ideas come forth.
>
>- Have fun, don't take things too seriously like I did the other night :(
>and most of all enjoy the list - that's what it is here for!
>
>
>At 19:32 13/01/1999 -0500, Bob O'Shaughnessy wrote:
>>Ari Ollikainen (Ari@OLTECO.COM) said on the date of 1/13/99 1:23 PM
>>
>>>        What does (did) the .sig length matter when some messages include
>>>        HTML duplicates, such as:
>>>
>>>        <!DOCTYP
>>          (snip)
>>>
>>>        etc...
>>>
>>>        and periodically, there are the bursts of WINMAIL.DAT
attachments...
>>>        all of which consume archive space, unnecessarily.
>>>
>>>        I'm curious, too, about how David Marshall will handle these and
>>>        other less content oriented and more list/archive management type
>>>        issues.
>>
>>
>>     While this is up for discussion, I'd like to vote that the list be
>>limited to plain text, no attachments, no MIME-encoded Outlook html crap,
>>and no WINMAIL.DAT attachments!!!
>>
>>_________________________________________________________
>>
>>Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
>>vanagon@columbus.rr.com
>>85GL with basic Westy interior
>>74 Bus (Dad's)
>>72 Wife, 94 Rabbit, 95 Cat, 96 cat, 98 Kid
>>
>>
>
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