Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h9TI9SV22566; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:09:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:09:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20031029130229.01c34440@pop.utk.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Donna Brian <djgbrian@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:752] Update for AOL users...sending plain text messages X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1817 Lines: 49 >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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