I hope this info is helpful for those of you who are having trouble with colored backgrounds. It is from my Arkansas Roots List. La Vera Caruthers rjllc@juno.com Subject: Fw: [ARK] HTML CODING Microsoft Outlook Express mail Date: Wed, 22 Apr 98 10:41:46 PDT > From: Howard Martin > To: ARKANSAS-ROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU > Subject: [ARK] HTML CODING Microsoft Outlook Express mai > > To: ILLINOIS-ROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > this problem seems to be increasing (the lists I'm on anyway) > as new computers come online, please be kind to all and check > your mail program. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This was just handled a couple weeks ago and I addressed this. Here is a > cut and paste of responses sent to the list from me and another about this > problem and how to correct it: > >I have had this problem on one of my lists repeatedly and here is > the problem: Microsoft Outlook Express (MOE) users do not realize that MOE > sets it's default for email to send email in the HTML format rather than > plain text. This is a problem because sometimes, but not always, the > default is set to send out the text or background in another color other > than black on white. THIS ALSO can cause a very large DUPLICATE message > output in HTML coding. > >If you see a post that has a message like this and then below it > with the same thing in HTML format, you need to send that person a friendly > email telling them that they need to change their option because their mail > is being sent out in HTML. 100% of the people I've emailed that about never > even realized it and 100% were using MOE to send their email. > > Here's how to change your e-mail format to plain text in Outlook Express: Go to the TOOLS menu & choose OPTIONS. On the SEND tab choose the PLAIN TEXT option. > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > ----------------------------------------------- > Lost your welcome message? > Send GET ILLINOIS-ROOTS-L WELCOME to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU = for > another copy. > > ----------------------------------------------- > Lost your welcome message? > Send GET ARKANSAS-ROOTS-L WELCOME to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU = for > another copy. --------- End forwarded message ---------- _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]