RE: Eureka! & HTML

[Guest guest]

Following up on what Sally said about HTML,

A few months back someone wrote to me asking why I was putting a

strike-through through the text of my email? Naturally, this wasn't a

choice I was making, <eyes rolling> but it seemd a few AOL people were

receiving my e-mail this way.

 

What I've discovered (Thanks MC & XML!) is that a common emoticon for a

smile, <s> is also the first tag in a strike-through command! So if your AOL

settings are to receive (and probably send) your email in HTML (do you get

those " pretty pictures " , use stationery, etc?) the AOL software will convert

the text following that emoticon into text that has a line through it.

If you forward one of these emails on to someone, in particular the brain

surgeons called Tech Support at AOL, you'll get form letters, but worse, no

one receiving in HTML PROPERLY, or plain text, is going to see it!! So

they, like me, think you're nuts.

Of course, if I thought to put the ending tag on, (perhaps indicating that

I'm no longer smiling?) the strike through would end. Just in case

someone's reading this this way, let's try it! </s> Did the strike through

end!? <LOL>

 

So when you're dealing with old-timers like me -- people who've been online

more than 2 or 3 years, actually -- turn off the HTML when you write/receive

lists. We tend to use emoticons of that nature and it'll mux you up.

 

Thought I'd share!

Christine

 

 

Sarah Flemming

Wednesday, February 09, 2000 06:16 AM

Eureka!

 

For the gal using Outlook 98, try a line length of 75. That will fill most

e-mail windows and limit the broken line look. Also set your send to be text

not RTF or HTML, that will also help with the export problems. I know pretty

backgrounds and stuff are fun, I love 'em too but they make a mess with most

everyone else's email .

Sarah E. Flemming

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