[pct-l] wordwrap problem viewing list messages...Rich Text vsPlain.htm

[Tortoise]

Well, I have reached the limits of my limited knowledge and then some. 
Some of the geeks may know what the problem is but apparently they 
haven't considered the problem sufficiently severe to fix. Or maybe the 
fix is many fixes and complicated.

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Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>

I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
Using Mozilla Thunderbird  http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Reinhold Metzger wrote:
> Tortoise,
> I frequently get messages that are posted on the list and also send to me
> direct.
> The messages I receive direct are wrapped, but the same messages on the
> pct-l Recent
> Archives may or may not be rapped depending on how they were send.
> Take the 4-19-07 word-wrap problem post from     enyapir at comcast.net
> send to me direct
> and to pct-l.......in my mail box it is wrapped, in the pct-l Recent
> Archives it is not wrapped                                   and scrolls of
> the page.
> That would indicate they are not wrapped by the pct-l list server, but your
> personal computer server.
> Lots of subscribers use the pct-l Recent Archives to read and send pct-l
> posts.
> Therefore, If posts are send via plain text, or if the pct-l list server
> would wrap posts it would solve this
> problem for many subscribers.
> 
> JMT Reinhold
> 
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> 
> 
>> [pct-l] wordwrap problem viewing list messages...Rich Text vsPlain
>> Tortoise Tortoise73 at charter.net
>> Thu Apr 19 18:36:14 CDT 2007
> 
> 
>> I don't know about other programs, but Thunderbird which I use, only
>> offers plain-text or HTML. AFAIK, the listserve software converts most
>> everything else to plain-text anyway.
>>
>> So the problem remains to be solved.
>>
>> Tortoise
> 
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> 
>>> Joseph S. Park wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thank you for clarifying that. Yes it does seem that "plain text"
> messages
>>> wrap like they should, but "rich text" does not.
>>> It would be nice if everyone could choose "plain text" in their email
>>> sending preferences.
>>>
>>> When I view the archives and come to a non-word-wrapped message, I use
> the
>>> "view  source" option in internet explorer--this opens up a notepad with
>>> the
>>> html text.
>>> Still, I think the official list instructions should mention this.
>>>
>>>
>>> J. S. Park
> 
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