Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>]

In Outlook Express 5 (which comes with Internet Explorer 5; it is actually a
quite different program from Outlook which comes with Office), you can
specify in your address book that all E-mails to "Biblical Hebrew" are sent
as plain text. You can check that a message is plain text, not HTML, by
looking in the Format menu; or a font selection toolbar will appear if the
message is HTML. You can change a message from HTML to plain text using the
format menu.

I agree with Loren that we should not ban HTML attachments. We should
attachments which try to run an attached or downloaded file, which could be
a virus. But please don't assume that everyone can read HTML attachments
correctly.

Peter Kirk

----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Small request


> At 20.53 20/05/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >I've tried to turn off HTML formatting for messages to the BH list from
my
> >new E-mailer (Outlook Express, which does not automatically open
> >attachments). But it's hard to check if this works. Perhaps, Ian, you can
> >confirm this for me.
>
> Dear Peter and everyone,
>
> You can understand why I avoid MS junk at every opportunity.
>
> I don't use Outlook: I should remove it as waste space from my computer.
> But looking at the interface, what happens when you choose
> Tools/Options/Send? Isn't there a choice of "Mail Sending Format" between
> HTML and Plain Text?
>
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