Bryan O'Neal wrote: > True, and text base is preferred by most mailing groups. > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of > Darrin Chandler > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:07 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Stammtisch tomorrow > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 09:49:49PM -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: >> That said, it is a general rule of etiquette that many people consider >> important, so if you need help turning the HTML off please ask and we >> will be their for you. If your like me and switch things up on a >> regular basis and simply forget to turn it off, well, hopeful no one >> here will kill you for it... After all I am still alive and I do it > all >> the time, I even top post and they have not kicked me out yet :) > > Also, most (all?) HTML capable email programs have an option to send in > *both* text and HTML. That makes it very nice for those of us using a > text-based client, and you can still have pretty HTML for everyone who > wants it. > My mail client (Thunderbird) even translates _this_ into underlined text and turns emoticons into smilies in text emails. :)