RE: Theos-World Weird stuff
Mar 22, 1999 05:09 PM
by M K Ramadoss
Hi, Peter:
Appreciate your detailed explanation.
Most of the time I use Eudora for one simple reason. Its msg files are
plain ascii. Thus I can open it with any editor and search, copy etc. It
does not have the ability to handle fancy html fonts except it has some
very limited display capabilities.
...mkr
At 08:33 PM 3/22/1999 -0000, you wrote:
>Hi Doss,
>
>Can I add to what you have said.
>
>Most email software and browsers offer a choice of formats as to how to send
>a message - either "Plain Text" or "Rich Text". "Rich Text" uses HTML. If
>your browser receives in either mode it simply gives you a nice page to read
>whichever way it was sent originally.
>
>However some browsers / email packages only have "Plain Text" capability. So
>when this type of browser receives a "Rich Text" message it shows all the
>HTML codes.
>
>There are two solutions to this.
>1) Get a better email / browser package that can cope with both types of
>messages. This isn't a realistic option if you use your email facility at
>work / Universtiy etc.
>
>2) Those of us who can choose which format to use should aim to send
>messages in "Plain Text" to a List or Newsgroup to help those who only have
>this capability.
>
>For example, I use Microsft Outlook 98. When I reply to an email, if I
>select the "Format" menu at the top of the page, the drop down menu allows
>me to choose "Plain" or "Rich (HTML)" text. Different packages will have
>different ways to select the Format option.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Peter
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com
>> [mailto:owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com]On Behalf Of M K Ramadoss
>> Sent: 22 March 1999 19:07
>> To: theos-talk@theosophy.com
>> Subject: Re: Theos-World Weird stuff
>>
>>
>> When the msg is written using some of the browsers, the html codes are
>> inserted. If the same msg is read using a browser, you will not see them
>> because they are interpreted and displayed.
>>
>> mkr
>> At 07:44 PM 3/22/1999 +0000, you wrote:
>> >Hi!
>> >Can somebody help me and tell me why I get this kind of jargon
>> >with these theos-messages.
>> >
>> >Thank you
>> >
>> >>
>> >> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
>> >> <HTML>
>> >> <HEAD>
>> >>
>> >> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 =
>> >> http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
>> >> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR>
>> >> </HEAD>
>> >> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
>> >> <DIV>>>I find it somewhat ironic that U.L.T. associates are =
>> >> <BR>generally=20
>> >> very skeptical & even some
>> >
>>
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