[Sca-cooks] Phillipa's HTML problems

[AEllin Olafs dotter]

Well, for ages, I got your messages in with a note "Clear Day Removed" 
or some such, and plain text.  This last week or so,  I am getting your 
background, and an alternate font. Your messages today don't have the 
background, but do have the alternate font, and it is blue.

It's not a huge problem for me, I get HTML, but I know some readers 
don't get it well. I used to have trouble with it loading comparatively 
slowly, and disliked it for that reason, but that didn't happen here. 
And I don't know how the digest works on this list - I was on one, once, 
where, on the digest, I got all the HTML code... sometimes I got the 
message twice, once with HTML code (and almost unreadable) and once in 
plain text. That got old fast.

In general, it's better to send in plain text, if you can. (I gather 
some programs make it hard.) My Netscape permits me to select certain 
addresses or domains that get only plain text, you might look to see if 
yours has something like that.  Mailing lists are read by people with a 
wide variety of servers and readers, and it's hard to tell who can read 
what. For example, my New Name is actually Ællin... but I know it 
doesn't work for everyone, and I want them to be able to read it, so... 
I remain

AEllin

Heleen Greenwald wrote:

> Reb Avraham,
> When did this problem start? I have been using the same "clear blue  
> day" background for years with no problem. (Or sometimes I just hit 
> "reply" when responding to a question from this list. Which is a no 
> frills white background.)
>  
> My son tells me that if I follow those expedia instructions, it will 
> turn off all of my HTML functions and I do use the colors etc in some 
> design work that I do via email.
>  
> Is anyone else having problems with my mail?
> Pug, could you guide me as to what to do?
> Thank you (and I'm sorry for the inconvenience Avraham)
> Phillipa