Guest guest Posted July 22, 1999 Report Share Posted July 22, 1999 hi everyone, jean can not read my posts. they come out in odd characters. does anyone know what is happening? thanks, kay mass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 1999 Report Share Posted July 22, 1999 Kay, This is the first post of yours I've seen today that I could read! What did you do differently? It's interesting; when I just looked at your post it looked normal. When I quoted it in this reply, I got some graphical arrows and stuff. Jean Kay wrote: > hi everyone, jean can not read my posts. they > come out in odd characters. does anyone know > what is happening? thanks,kaymass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 1999 Report Share Posted July 22, 1999 I can read Kay's messages using Outlook Express 5, but her messages are in a smaller font and have a different background color than most other posts I read. She is using Rich Text e-mail format. It is possible that the formatting codes that go along with these features make the messages incompatable with some e-mail programs. You may want to format messages as plain text before sending them to see if that helps. Ken Re: [Lyme-aid] greek Kay, This is the first post of yours I've seen today that I could read! What did you do differently? It's interesting; when I just looked at your post it looked normal. When I quoted it in this reply, I got some graphical arrows and stuff. Jean Kay wrote: hi everyone, jean can not read my posts. they come out in odd characters. does anyone know what is happening? thanks,kaymass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 1999 Report Share Posted July 22, 1999 Kay, That looks good. I see from your message that you are using Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200. The background color is part of the Rich Text formatting. I don't use that part of the program, but it is probably set as part of a stationery setting you've applied. Plain Text gets rid of it. Choose Tools/Options.... then the Send tab. Under Mail Sending Format and News Sending Format select Plain Text. This will make your default send format be Plain Text, which should solve the problem so that you don't have to remember to reformat before sending. Ken Re: [Lyme-aid] greek > From: " Kay " <b10g7@...> > > >>>. > > You may want to format messages as plain text before sending them to see if > that helps.<<< > > ok, this was a great help. how does thisa look? > > i am unaware of a background color. how do i get rid of it? > > thanks, > kay > > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 1999 Report Share Posted July 22, 1999 hi jean, >>>What did you do differently? <<< nothing, i think. i am so foggy, i might have done something and don't remember. sorry to be redundant, but is this one ok? thanks, kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 1999 Report Share Posted July 22, 1999 >>>. You may want to format messages as plain text before sending them to see if that helps.<<< ok, this was a great help. how does thisa look? i am unaware of a background color. how do i get rid of it? thanks, kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 1999 Report Share Posted July 22, 1999 hi ken, thank you very much for your help with my mail settings. when i choose plain text there are setting there. mime or uuencode, then 3 in the pull down menu. what should i have for those settings? very grateful, kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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