Re: CSS questions-favor asked

Can you turn off AOL's HTML e-mail and just use text?

Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: <ErthWlkr(at)aol.com>
To: <temer(at)c-zone.net>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: CSS questions-favor asked


>
> Hi Ted:
>
> You asked:
>
> > Just curious. What kind of mail program "reads" these tags and meaning
no
> >  disrespect here but could you tell me why you would use such a thing. I
> >  assume it must do something special over --say--Outlook Express.
> >  Again--I'm not trying to find fault here, just curious ...
>
> No problem...I'm currently using AOL.
>
> I had actually experienced the problem earlier when I tried to email an
> attached page of HTML code to a friend.  She said it couldn't be read - so
I
> cut and pasted it into the body of my email message.  When it arrived at
her
> end, the email message actually suffered the formatting that I pasted in.
> For example, where I had a <.B> tag, everything that followed became bold.
> And since I had indicated a body background color of yellow, the entire
email
> had a background of yellow.
>
> When I joined this list, I noticed that when a "." (period) was placed
into
> the tag, AOL pretty much ignored it and it came through untouched.  I've
been
> using this habit myself as you can see from above. It think it also helps
> when the code is placed between quote marks - although I can't be certain.
>
> There have been times when entire batches of code have disappeared when
I've
> tried to read mail from this list.  It's frustrating because trying to
> understand the problem code and coming up with the solution is a great way
to
> learn! :-)
>
> Yes- I know....quit AOL.  That's coming - but for now I hope this explains
> it.... :-)
>
> - Jeff K.

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