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From: "Michael Carroll" <>
Subject: Re: [LO] email software madness - technical explanation
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:12:57 -0700
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> Yes, it became clear that the problem was the way RootsWeb was converting
> RTF/HTML messages to plain text because once the subscriber switched to
> Plain
> Text, the problem went away. I have no expectation that the problem will
> be
> fixed on the RootsWeb end. It just needs to be pounded into subscribers
> heads
> that they should always post to mailing lists in Plain Text.

Diana,

With all due respect:

My list members are senior citizens with limited computer skills. Their
email clients all use RTF/HTML by default. Their interest is genealogy, not
computers. I will not be pounding anything into their heads. If the RootsWeb
conversion to Plain Text causes us serious problems, I'll move our list
elsewhere.

Mike Carroll
AZ-SCVGS


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