Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quoting styles

[Dale]

Holly Bostick wrote:

>Dale schreef:
>
>
> Speaking of settings, mail can be set to be sent as plain text by
>
>default in Thunderbird/Mozilla Mail as follows (the settings given are
>for Thunderbird, but the Mozmail settings are very nearby in terms of
>finding them, if not exactly the same):
>
>To set all outgoing mail to be composed as plain-text:
>
>Acount Preferences=>Composition and Addressing under the relevant
>account=>uncheck "Compose messages using HTML format"
>
>Right underneath that, there is a checkbox dealing with quoting:
>
>If "When I respond, quote the original mail in my reply" is checked, use
>the drop-down menu below it to change "Start my reply above the quoted
>text" (which is default only because the word "above" comes
>alphabetically before the word "below", it's not a judgement of
>preference or usefulness) to either "Start my reply below the quoted
>text", or "Select the quoted text" (if you want to trim first).
>
>Or uncheck the box entirely and quote nothing (though that's not a good
>idea on this list, really).
>
>To set mail to this list only as plain-text, while leaving all others as
>whatever you want:
>
>Preferences (not Account Oppions, regular Preferences)=> Composition;
>under HTML and Send Options; Text Composition behaviour (not exact; I'm
>translating from Dutch, as that's what my desktop is in, and my Dutch is
>not perfect, which is why my desktop is in it :-) ), click the
>"Advanced" button and go to the "Plain Text domains" tab. On this tab,
>click the "Add" button, then in the field that comes up, enter
>
>lists.gentoo.org
>
>and hit OK.
>
>This marks all mail going to this domain (which covers all our mailing
>lists) as only being able to receive plain-text mail. So no matter what
>you compose it in, Mozilla Mail/Thunderbired will convert it to plain
>text when sending (because you told it that that's the only format the
>domain will accept , which is kinda true-- most mailing lists will
>reject HTML mail outright, this one won't, but this ridiculously long
>argument should be proof enough that the list doesn't like it).
>
>You can, of course, add any domains of other mailing lists you might be
>on as well.
>
>Hope this is helpful to at least some of those floundering through this
>thread; learn to use your programs, people, is all I can say.
>
>Holly
>
>
Well I have to have HTML because I use email for a LOT more than just
this list.  I can't change the whole world just for one list.  Sorry.  I
do have it set up to send both though so it should be compatable with
either.

Later

Dale
I'm awake now, for a bit anyway.
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