Re: [CH] Subscribing to chile-heads list via gmail
Matt Evans (tmattevans@gmail.com)
Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:08:54 -0400
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:
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> On Sep 11, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Matt Evans wrote"
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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. :-)
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