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Is there a moderator for this group who can perhaps help us with the formatting

issues discussed below? Or has this issue already been addressed and it is what

it is?

Thanks,

Re: Self dilemma between two needs

Posted by: " susandespo " susandck@... susandespo

Wed Dec 1, 2010 7:28 pm (PST)

This ACT list serve insists on putting >>> in the original post(s) when

replying. And also strange characters in letters. Such as Â

Either I can;

accept this as is

choose not to participate in this list serve cause this really bothers me

correct these oversights when I post - which I have done below - I took out the

> but kept in the Â

I too sit in front of a computer for 10 -12 hours a day and this list serve is

challenging at times to read but I value the information I get from it so I will

participate.

Hi , Kate, Helena and Soozy

Thank you for your thoughts and for replying.

I know for me right now, I am feeling a little overwhelmed with my need to reply

back, as so many thoughts come through my mind about things to write.So I will

try to do do this in a methodical approach as best as possible for me.

,

Yes, I understand and can agree with you that I too find the format of this

yahoo list not the easiest to read. I only joined yahoo so as to join a few

groups hosted by yahoo, as my normal everyday email is on Gmail. I have just

this afternoon looked at various setting for yahoo and have successfully been

able to have my Mac Mail application bring in the posts via the IMAP protocol

rather that reading and replying via the web site. I find the little box that

they provide you to type in far too small and I just feel restricted and limited

by their website method. The very things you mention about what bothers you

has been true fro me as well, and has been a part of why it has taken me

quite some time to make any post at all. If you were to look at how other

forums operate, in terms of layout appearance and how easy it is to navigate, I

only wish this ACT forum could have the same, really.

So, you write that the '' is used to indicate quoted text from an email in

replying or forwarding, with an extra '' added each time there is an additional

reply. What you can do is, to do exactly what you have done, which can be time

consuming if you are doing things web based. If you use an email client or

application on your computer, you can simply highlight the text and select

'Reduce Indentation' or what ever it may be called in your application.

Also, I have found myself getting frustrated with how long the length of each

reply gets when there is an additional reply to a post, each time it is repeated

from the beginning. So, to get around this I often delete all but the relevant

parts of the topic.

As for the strange symbols we are seeing, such as 'Â', I noticed that the

yahoohelp states that people using the dreaded Microsoft Windows operating

system together with a mail application such as Outlook will give this problem.

At first I thought is was because people from other countries that use different

keyboard encodings was the cause, though apparently this may not be the cause.

Maybe we can confirm this by asking Helena if she is using Microsoft Windows and

a mail application such as Outlook?

My apologies for going off the original topic here, I hope people will

understand.

Ok, I hope this post will work and appear correctly formatted how I intend

without any problems, fingers crossed.