Help Ubuntu 8.10 X server has started crashing 1-2 per day

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:24:09 -0500
Thomas Wolf <twolf at netforensics.com> wrote:

> Thanks a bunch Ray.
> 
> Before I sent the reply to  Lucio and the group, I edited Thunderbird 
> via Edit->Preferences->Composition Tab->Send Options... and put 
> "ubuntu.com" into the "Plain Text Domains", which, according to the 
> description, was supposed to accomplish the same thing - have all
> emails going to that domain be sent in plain text.  But judging by
> Lucio's response about my stylish grey background :-), that is not
> working :-( Now I'm trying your suggestion.  Hope this arrives as
> plain text.
> 
> As an aside, I've been a UNIX user since about 1985 (I emphasize
> "user" 
> - vs. hacker).  I never have understood why some folks feel so
> strongly about putting the quote before the reply.  An e-mail quote
> is not like a literary quote.  It's there to provide a contextual
> background - in case it's needed by the reader.  As such, it's of
> secondary importance to the new content and should, therefore, be
> placed second.
> 

The problem is not importance so much as readablilty. If I open a
magazine, and the first line of an article is "go to the next page
first", I throw the magazine away. 

> Thanks again Ray for this preferences tidbit - been using (here's
> that term "user" again :-) Thunderbird forever and didn't know that
> this existed. tom
> 
> 
> On 02/20/2009 01:58 AM, Ray Parrish wrote:
> > Thomas Wolf wrote:
> >    
> >> Sorry about that - I forgot to set Thunderbird to do text-only for
> >> ubuntu.com domain.  Hope this one makes it as plain text.
> >>
> >> Do I have to repeat my question in order for the experts to
> >> read/respond to my question?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for the heads-up.
> >> tom
> >>      
> > Hello,
> >
> > To get Thunderbird to only mail text emails to the group, open your
> > address book, right click the entry for the groups email address,
> > select Properties, and on the dialog that you get, there will be a
> > selection on the first tab about halfway down that says "Prefers to
> > receive messages formatted as" next to a drop down selector with
> > the choices Text,, HTML,, and it should initially say "Unknown" if
> > you haven't previously set it for that address.
> >
> > Set it to Text, and it will always send text messages to the group
> > from now on.
> >
> > Later, Ray Parrish
> >
> >    
> 

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