If I read and respond to FFL through yahoo email, are the responses automatically formatted this way? I think not, based on comments I've gotten from Richard. This is an example. How do I format the preferred way? Sorry, I need these things spelled out for me :(
________________________________ From: Richard J. Williams <rich...@rwilliams.us> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:57 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: When all else fails... > > > So, yes, it's text, but professionally formatted > > > for easy reading. Everyone knows that plain text > > > with line breaks is the preferred format for > > > discussion groups. Go figure. > > > > It really depends on the system that the text is being > > processed through, whether you are responding through > > Yahoo's text editor or using the HTML editor, whether > > you get the post via email etc. I don't bother with it. > > Sometimes I will reformat something so it looks better > > after it has passed through many iterations of replies. > > > > The greater than character (>) is not quite a right > > angle > > authfriend: > The term is "right angle-bracket" (as opposed to a left > angle-bracket < ), not "right-angle bracket." > Thanks for re-formatting Xeno's message - it's much easier to read with the angle bracket inserted before each reply line of text! 307292 Xenophaneros Anartaxius: > It really depends on the system that the text is being processed through, > whether you are responding through Yahoo's text editor or using the HTML > editor, whether you get the post via email etc. I don't bother with it. > Sometimes I will reformat something so it looks better after it has passed > through many iterations of replies. > > The greater than character (>) is not quite a right angle and it is generated > automatically when replying via Yahoo's text editor. What Judy and Barry do > is manually format the line breaks so the lines tend to remain unbroken > through several iterations of posts and replys, that is they make the lines > short enough so reformat by the forum software which makes the lines longer > by adding the '>' character and additional spaces does not result in a new > line break. Most do not fuss with this. I do not fuss with it.
