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Message Posting Richard Yee Tue, 01 Sep 1998 01:31:33 -0700

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Although the list (even the digested ver) is fully capable of handling
HTML and attachments, it can be a problem for people with programs that
do not fully support HTML and people with not-that-fast Internet
connections.

Unfortunately, most people do not have the option of selecting which
e-mails they want, so they have to wait for all to download.  There is a
size cap on messages, but it allows for moderate sized attachments which
can be useful for all list members.

A lot of people use the subject to sort their messages, so keeping the
subject understandable and relevent to the message you are posting make
it much easier for these people.  You can also retrieve subject lists
and retrieve messages (since June 1, 1998) you may of "lost."

Send a blank message for commands to:
mailto:ecs-list-help@vancouver.ml.org

Richard

Ingo Pakleppa wrote:
> 
> Re. HTML: I still use Eudora 3.0, which kind of somewhat does a little
> HTML. Unfortunately, it uses a dialect quite different from Netscape... So
> I second the "no HTML" suggestion.
> 
> I abstain on the number of lists.
> 
> I would like to amend the "don't quote" suggestion. More importantly, I
> prefer to read mails where the new stuff is at the TOP of the quoted text -
> keeps me from scrolling down all the way. Of course, if you want to embed
> your replies to specific paragraphs, that often makes a lot of sense, too.
> Just please avoid appending your reply to the bottom of a mail (seems to be
> Netscape's default)!
> 
> Ingo
>

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