Thanks very much for these great instructions, Ron.

I'll save them for future reference.

If my posts ever come up in something other than plain text, I trust that 
someone on here will let me know, because I know how anoying those "equals 
signs" can be.  (grin)

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: instructions for putting list posts in plain text


> Hi Tom and List,
>
> There's a simpler way to do this if your list address is in your address
> book.
>
> 1.  If using Outlook/Outlook Express, right-click the address (either in 
> the
> address bar if displayed or in the actual address book itself.)
> 2.  choose properties.
> 3.  control + tab to the name tab.
> 4.  tab to the button that says send messages using plain text only and
> press space bar.
> 5.  tab to OK and press space bar.
>
> Using this method will allow you to specifically order that only messages 
> to
> this list will be in plain text.  Most servers and mail lists allow for 
> Rich
> Text/HTML format and this is indeed advantageous in most cases.  The
> Blind-Hams server is antiquated and does not allow for rich text/HTML 
> format
> messages without the extra garbage you see in such messages when they are
> posted.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:34 AM
> Subject: instructions for putting list posts in plain text
>
>
> Hi, all.
>
> For Jennifer and anyone else, here are the instructions I have for getting
> posts to the list to be in plain text format:
>
> Sending Messages in Plain Text
> List of 10 items
> . Open the tools menu (ALT-T)
> . Cursor down to options and press enter
> . Press control-tab three times to access the "send" property sheet
> . Press the tab key until "Reply to messages using the format in which 
> they
> were sent." is located
> . If this option is checked, use the spacebar to uncheck this check box.
> This option should be unchecked.
> . Press the tab key until the radio buttons are located
> . Use the down arrow to select plain text
> . Press the tab key three more times until the next set of radio buttons 
> is
> located
> . Use the down arrow to select plain text
> . Press enter to close the dialog and save the changes
>