"Dsybok" wrote in message
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| Yes their post was in HTML which is a newsgroup no no. I got the same
| message when replying. All you need to do is to highlight your text and go
| up to format and hit plain text and itll change your post to plain text.
You
| can simply reply in HTML which I think is the modern way of doing things,
| but some people get all uppity if you dont use plain text.
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| Why. I dont know, doesnt everyone have a cable modem and new PC nowadays
| anyway?
|

Sadly.. no.
Some of us had to trade our DSL networks for two puters wired up with baling
twine and 44.2 k on a good day.
It really bugs me too.
Like going from my Cobra to an old tin Lizzie.

Kate





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| "Newbie Bill" wrote in message
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| Another computer literacy question. Using Outlook Express and going
| through
| usenet I just responded to a post. When 'sending' I got message
| apparently
| I had composed in html. This has never happened before. Did I respond
to
| an html post (Will Koi stop growing) and that was the default? How do I
| change/check to make sure I am just using text based messages?
| Thanxx
| Bill Brister
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