[NIFL-WORKPLACE:752] Update for AOL users...sending plain text messages

From: Donna Brian (djgbrian@utk.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 29 2003 - 13:09:28 EST


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>Good news for list users that use AOL as their provider.  Apparently with
>AOL 9.0 Optimized users can now send plain text messages.  It would probably
>be a good thing to forward the following messages to your lists.
>
>Lee
>--
>Lashley H. Mann II | Titan Corporation | www.titan.com
>Email: lmann@titan.com | Voice: 301-925-3222 x372 | Fax: 301-925-3216
>
> >
> > If you are using AOL 9.0 Optimized it is easy to draft and
> > send messages in
> > Plaintext format. First you open an email window and right
> > click inside the
> > message blank. A pop-up menu will appear and at the very
> > bottom of the pop-up
> > there is a "Compose as Plain Text" choice. Click on that
> > option and you will see
> > that the font attributes bar choices dims out. This takes
> > away the ability to
> > put any HTML codes, such as BOLD, ITALICS, font colors, back
> > ground, and
> > embedded graphics and such in the message.
> >
> > To test this you can again right click in the message blank
> > and the pop-up
> > will have "Compose as HTML" as the bottom choice. Click on
> > that choice and you
> > will see that the font attributes bar lights back up again.
> > OK. Right click
> > again and select "Compose as Plain Text" and you can type and
> > send your message
> > to the NCVA list without upsetting Bill.
> >
> > The next time you open an email window it will automatically
> > default to the
> > "Compose as HTML" mode, so you only have to change it if you
> > want to draft and
> > send a plaintext message.
> >
> > This procedure is only guaranteed to work in the latest
> > release of AOL 9.0
> > Optimized. I do NOT know if this works in newer versions
> > (later builds) of AOL
> > 8.0 IMI 8.0 but it may as AOL sometimes sends new or updating code to
> > subscribers who use older versions of AOL.
> >



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