Ubuntu/Kubuntu on Mac G5.

[Eric Dunbar]

On 1/17/06, Brian Durant <globetrotterdk at mac.com> wrote:
> On 17. jan 2006, at 15.51, Eric Dunbar wrote:
>
> > On 1/17/06, Brian Durant <globetrotterdk at mac.com> wrote:
> >> Sorry for top posting, but I am using Mail.app in OS X, which
> >> fulfills all of my needs except that I have to top post :-(
> >
> > Top post only? (I use Mail.app to bottom post regularly)
> >
> > Scroll text insertion doodad to bottom of message. Start typing.
> >
> > Get rid of HTML e-mail -- command-shift-T (Format - Make Plain Text).
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> OK, got it. Weird, This has come up a number of times on the OS X
> newbies list and it has always been stated that it wasn't possible,
> so since I am new to OS X, I just assumed they were correct 8-) It
> does mean that when you do a spell check however, you are forced to
> spell check everyone elses misspelled words as well.
>
> Any way for me to set plain text just for mail to this list, or do I
> have to do it manually everytime I post here? I use it often when
> mailing news articles from web sites (command-I) to other lists.

> An OS 9 and Win 2 k refugee. Never found where I belonged after Jobs
> nixed the clones. I still have a UMAX S900 (Euro) around here
> somewhere :-)

Well, soon you'll be able to play with i86 Linuxes _and_ with Apple's
gorgeous GUI ;-). Maybe you'll find your new place with the Core Duo
laptop :-)

As for the matter at hand, check out your "Composing" preferences
under: Mail - Preferences (command-comma).

You can set the default format of ALL your e-mails to either Rich Text
or Plain Text.

If you're happy with the current state of affairs, you can also choose
a much more specific option from the responding preferences section of
"Composing":

Use the same message format as the original message (Respond using
Rich or Plain Text)

As for spel cheeking, I don't use Mail enough to have noticed its
behaviour on that front.

> Is rich text verbotten on this list or just frowned upon?

Short answer: I don't know. Long answer: most e-mail lists do filter
"rich text" (HTML) messages but usually you don't have to worry about
that yourself -- it'll happen automatically if the list does so.

Eric.