CB -- I misspoke -- the options are plain and rich text, as you correctly pointed out. Matt On 9/11/05, ChileBuzz <chilebuzz@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > On Sep 11, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Matt Evans wrote" > > I know the feeling....but, gmail does provide the option of either > plain text or HTML. When I first started using gmail, it was plain > text only -- I didn't even realize that HTML was an option until JohnT > pointed it out. Judging by his post below, it appears that Mary-Anne > might be using gmail with HTML. > > By the way, as with most desktop clients, gmail defaults to the format > of the original message on replies. Perhaps Mary-Anne should try > replying to a CH post from gmail rather than initiating a new > thread....just a thought. > > Hmmm. Unless you've got a different version of Gmail than I -- and I'm not > sure that's impossible, given Google is beta-testing Gmail-- you cannot send > messages in HTML from Gmail. You can compose/send only in plain text or in > Rich Text Formatting (adds bold, colors, etc). RTF, however, is surely as > problematic when it comes to posting to the list. > > I cannot find the message where John points out that HTML is an option; must > not have gotten that one. I sure don't see any way to do so in my Gmail > account. Annnyway, since you (well, "I") cannot send HTML Gmail, I am > surprised to hear that Gmail defaults to format of original message on > replies and may "reply" in HTML, especially without offering the user the > option to change that. Curiouser and curiouser. > > THIS PART IS OT, so far as being able to post to chile-heads list from > Gmail: > Another interesting thing to me is that I don't even have the the RTF option > in Gmail. I can choose Gmails default encoding or UTF-8 encoding, but > that's it. Gmail help says that when in Compose, if you want to use RTF to > format your text, you click on the buttons, but I dont have the formatting > buttons. As I recall, I did have the RTF formatting available once, but > after I selected Plain Text, they disappeared and don't see any way to get > them back, Not that I care, because I prefer plain-text for all email, > regardless. Just interesting. :-) > > ChileBuzz > > > > >