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From: "Jo Thiessen" <>
Subject: Problems, recommendations, etc.
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 07:42:50 -0500


I copied this from my listowners' mail, so you can see why it is better not
to use html and the fancy-schmancy things some mail programs allow.
Everybody doesn't interpret things the way you do (or the way your mail
program does). HTML format in mail is especially difficult for digest
subscribers.

We now have 36 subscribers on the new (relatively) Harrison County mail
list and 71 on the Scott County list. A number of subscribers are on both
lists, and my original idea was to merge the two, but this can't be done
while we allow archiving of the list messages. Since the "traffic" is not
that heavy I suppose it doesn't matter, but wanted you to know we are
growing.
Jo Thiessen List owner and County Coordinator for KYGenWeb sites:
Harrison and Scott Co., KY
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T.... M.... wrote:
>
>I have a subscriber that is complaining that she has suddenly begun
>getting digests with a red background. This makes it dificult to read. I
>get the digests and don't have any problems. What are some suggestions
>that I can give her to help clear this up?

>>There was a similar problem discussed in NEWBIE-LISTOWNER-L a
>>couple of weeks ago. Only the background was blue instead of
>>red. The problem was apparently triggered by someone sending
>>an HTML attachment that contained a background-color tag. Some
>>people who were using Macintoshes on AOL got the background
>>applied to the entire digest instead of just to the "virtual
>>bouquet" message.

>>Search NEWBIE-LISTOWNER archives for "blue" if you want to
>>read the discussion.

>>About all you can do is to ask your subscribers not to send
>>HTML to the list, either directly or in some "virtual
>>greeting card" or "virtual bouquet".

>>G.........

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