Help Ubuntu 8.10 X server has started crashing 1-2 per day

[Thomas Wolf]

Thanks a bunch Ray.

Before I sent the reply to  Lucio and the group, I edited Thunderbird 
via Edit->Preferences->Composition Tab->Send Options... and put 
"ubuntu.com" into the "Plain Text Domains", which, according to the 
description, was supposed to accomplish the same thing - have all emails 
going to that domain be sent in plain text.  But judging by Lucio's 
response about my stylish grey background :-), that is not working :-(  
Now I'm trying your suggestion.  Hope this arrives as plain text.

As an aside, I've been a UNIX user since about 1985 (I emphasize "user" 
- vs. hacker).  I never have understood why some folks feel so strongly 
about putting the quote before the reply.  An e-mail quote is not like a 
literary quote.  It's there to provide a contextual background - in case 
it's needed by the reader.  As such, it's of secondary importance to the 
new content and should, therefore, be placed second.

Thanks again Ray for this preferences tidbit - been using (here's that 
term "user" again :-) Thunderbird forever and didn't know that this existed.
tom


On 02/20/2009 01:58 AM, Ray Parrish wrote:
> Thomas Wolf wrote:
>    
>> Sorry about that - I forgot to set Thunderbird to do text-only for
>> ubuntu.com domain.  Hope this one makes it as plain text.
>>
>> Do I have to repeat my question in order for the experts to
>> read/respond to my question?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the heads-up.
>> tom
>>      
> Hello,
>
> To get Thunderbird to only mail text emails to the group, open your
> address book, right click the entry for the groups email address, select
> Properties, and on the dialog that you get, there will be a selection on
> the first tab about halfway down that says "Prefers to receive messages
> formatted as" next to a drop down selector with the choices Text,,
> HTML,, and it should initially say "Unknown" if you haven't previously
> set it for that address.
>
> Set it to Text, and it will always send text messages to the group from
> now on.
>
> Later, Ray Parrish
>
>