On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 03:20 , Charles Martin wrote: >> I have two friends I can think of off the top of my head that use >> Mail.app and Mac OS X, and both are in my address book. The only >> reason >> I don't send messages to them in rich text format is because I can't be >> bothered going to the trouble of making the switch manually. If >> Mail.app were to do this automatically, however, on detecting a message >> to one of them, that would be quite useful. > > Uh, guys ... Mail DOES do this automatically!! > > In the preferences, under "Composing" there is a little radio button > you can click that says (I'm paraphrasing here) "when replying, use the > style of the original message." This is in addition to the part where > you set the "default" style (Plain or Rich Text) of message you send.
That's not QUITE the same thing, though. This setting would affect EVERY message I reply to that isn't in plain text, regardless who I'm sending to. This would become a problem on those occasions, especially on Yahoo! based groups, when I receive HTML or rich text postings. To MAILING LISTS, I ALWAYS send plain text. Setting "when replying" to send back in the same format as the original, however, would force my client to make the same inappropriate format as the original poster. I would prefer to be able to control format on a user-by-user or address-by-address basis. Failing that, staying with plain ASCII text is a lot easier and guarantees compatibility. John A. Ardelli Owner/Moderator BIFIDA-L: The Original Spina Bifida Discussion List The Crystal Corner - The Original Dark Crystal Discussion List -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
