RE: [Dev-C++] Clarification on HTML and digest formats

[Ioannis V. <no...@ya...>]

I saw that even with html it is easily to read them since they are
separated in message 1, message 2, e.t.c. sections. Or am i wrong?




Ioannis
 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Jonathan Thomas
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 5:08 AM
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: [Dev-C++] Clarification on HTML and digest formats
> 
> 
> Dear all,
>            Just to help those who don't understand about the 
> HTML/NonHTML issue, and about digest formats.   A digest 
> format is where the list server bundles up a bunch of 
> messages sent to the list, and then sends this bunch of 
> emails as *one* complete email to my inbox.  This saves 
> having my mailbox overflowed with many individual messages, 
> and also gives a quick way to scan what topics are covered, 
> to see if there are any interesting mails to read.  The list 
> server sends a bunch of emails whenever it feels it has 
> enough emails to send (haven't worked out the paramters on 
> this particular one!).  
> 
> Below I have cut and pasted a *complete* digest email I 
> received a little while back.  Hopefully your email reader 
> hasn't tried to be super smart and render the HTML code 
> rather than just display it raw.  This, as far as digests go, 
> is not too bad - many posts are in plain text.  But yours, 
> Daniel Glenfield is actually in HTML funnily enough.  
> 
> Well hopefully you can see why it is so annoying.  Please, 
> find the option in your email program that sets it to send 
> *plain-text* only, and use it!
> 
> Thanks,
> Jonathan.
> 
> 
> P.S. Sorry to send this rather long email to those who 
> understand and observe the netiquette!
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