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James Freer jessejazza at googlemail.com
Mon Dec 27 21:32:59 UTC 2010


On 27 December 2010 21:29, James Freer <jessejazza at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 27 December 2010 20:52, Raeven Cogan <raevencgn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well I believe that I am posting in plain text now. Could someone verify this?
>
> Yes - that's plain text. If you're using webmail like i do just above
> the message pane there is a list of icons for html... if plain text
> there is 'Rich Formatting' underlined to click on to convert over to
> html.
>
> If email client - in preferences they'll be a default option for
> sending in plain or html - 'ask me what to do' can also be set.
> Basically you can receive in either but you choose which to send in.
>
> Due to the space that html takes up it is frowned upon by many as an
> html mail could be put as an attachment. They are a pain to reply to
> so many don't see any point in them.
>
> yours
> james

Forgot to mention that you may like to try a Firefox plugin called
ItsAllText which allows you to edit the email message with your
favourite text editor. [which you'll find a great help for cutting out
unwanted lines].

james




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