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In my work, I need to be able to post to a number of mailing
lists. Many of them have a policy about "pure ASCII" - that
is, no use of Rich Text Format (RTF) mail. Some mail
reflectors don't support it, and some mail clients can't
display it. As a result, the beautiful document you created
with the dogs trotting back and forth on the bottom of the
screen may look like garbage to the recipient.
If your mail allows you to set colors, fonts, etc, you are
probably using RTF.
To set MS Lookout! to use vanilla ASCII, I set
Tools/Options/Mail Format/Message Format
to use plain text all the time. Your mileage may
vary, and sometimes setting such a value in LookOut
or Eudora doesn't shut off RTF (it sometimes sends
RTF saying "use courier") but it is usually a
step in the right direction.
- jeff parker
