--- In NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Frank LeFever" <fflefever@...> wrote: > > My email could do all that, if I allowed it to. I refuse to accept > email in HTML format. > > Doesn't even have to be HTML (with its security vulnerabilities);I > suspect it's people using RTF that pock-marks so many messages with > godawful blobs where a simple apostrophe belongs. > > If nothing else, I would not want to cause Pat Logan frustration and > grief. She is one of WBAI's most dedicated, perceptive and thoughtful > Independents. Her perceptive talents do not include an appreciation > of text demarcated by colors, bold-face, etc., etc.: she's blind. And there's another good reason for communicating in language, rather than (usually awful) "design." > > I think it takes a lazy barely-literate mind to depend on HTML to > convey a thought. If your message is pointless without bullet points, > it remains pointless when bullet points are used. Hit that one right on the nose. > > --Frank LeFever > > > > --- In NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Kevin White <cuitlacoche1@> wrote: > > > > I like italics. I like bold. I like to underline. I like to use > colors. I like to change fonts. I like to make hyperlinks. I like to > use bullet points. > > > > Now a days you have to be a real luddite (and spend a lot of time) > to find an email client that can't do these things. > > > > K > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Pamela Somers <psomers1@> > > To: NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Friday, May 2, 2008 12:39:52 PM > > Subject: PLAIN TEXT, PLEASE -- ELSE IS GIBBERISH: Re: [NewPacifica] > The Decline and Fall of America > > > > In all fairness, there is still a school of thought that believes > > html should not be used in email, and that lists like these > > should only allow un-marked-up text. But html isn't going away. I > > can only suggest that people with email clients that don't handle > > html markup should read the list on the web site. > > > > Pamela > > > > --- In NewPacifica@ yahoogroups. com, Kevin White <cuitlacoche1@ ...> > > wrote: > > > > > > Couldn't David Combs get a modern email client. They've had some > > good ones going back to say... 1998. > > > > > > HTML isn't exactly a cutting edge technology. > > > > > > K > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: Robert Knight <theknightreport@ ...> > > > To: NewPacifica@ yahoogroups. com > > > Sent: Friday, May 2, 2008 8:07:06 AM > > > Subject: Re: PLAIN TEXT, PLEASE -- ELSE IS GIBBERISH: Re: > > [NewPacifica] The Decline and Fall of America > > > > > > No comment. > > > > > > -RK > > > > > > > > > On 5/1/08, David Combs <dkcombs@panix. com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 02:35:28AM -0700, Emmett Abati Doe wrote: > > > > > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http:// www.w3. > > org/TR/html4/ strict.dtd"> > > > > <html> > > > > <head> > > > > </head> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <body style="background- color: #ffffff;"> > > > > > > > > <!--~-|**|PrettyHtm l StartT|** |-~--> > > > > <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="width: 655px; position:relative; "> > > > > <div id="ygrp-msg" style="width: 470px; margin:0; padding:0 25px > > 0 0; float:left; z-index:1;"> > > > > <!--~-|**|PrettyHtm l EndT|**|- ~--> > > > > > > > > <div id="ygrp-text" > > > > > <p><table cellspacing= "0" cellpadding= "0" border="0">< tr><td > > style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv1497453268" >HI > > FRED/ALL,<br> <br>"The Decline and Fall of America" IS A MISS- LEADING > > TITLE AND RE-ENFORCES/ <wbr>PROMOTES THE ILLUSION'S RE: "FALL OF THE > > ROMAN EMPIRE ", (YET YOU CAN CALL THE VATICAN AND FRIENDS IN > > ROME); "THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH" (YET THE NUMBER ONE > > NAZI LIVES IN "THE WHITE HOUSE"); "THE FALL/COLLAPSE OF SOVIET > > RUSSIA",(YET THEY STILL HAVE AN ARMY WITH N-BOMBS AND YOU CAN > > CALL "THE KREMLIN"); THE "END OF COLONIZATION, THE BRITISH EMPIRE", > > (YET ENGLAND CONTROLS THE USA, AS THE RECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA IS IN > > FULL FORCE); AND THE JEWISH HOMELAND IS EAST AFRICA IN THE SO- > > CALL "MIDDLE EAST", ....) AND SO-ON, AND SO-ON.<br><br> NO, WHAT > > WAS/IS HAPPENING ARE VERY CONTROLLED TRANSITIONS, AS "THE LEARNED > > ELDERS OF ZION (POZ)" LAUGH, OR SMIRK, AS THEY MAINTAIN OVER 3000 > > YEAR'S OF WAR FARE AGAINST "THE GONEIN"!<br> <br>FYI: I HAVE BEEN > > > > BAND/BLOCKED FROM POSTING ON ALL PACIFICA GROUPS WITH-OUT NOTICE. > > <br><br>SO MUCH FOR "FREE SPEECH" ANOTHER GRAND (PACIFICA) ILLUSION! > > <br><br>made in america,<br> <br><br><br> --- On > > <b>Wed, 4/23/08, siddharta2@aol. <wbr>com <i><siddharta2@ > > aol.<wbr>com& gt;</i></ b> wrote:<br><blockquo te style="border- left: > > 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);">From: siddharta2@aol. <wbr>com > > <siddharta2@ aol.<wbr>com& gt;<br>Subject: [NewPacifica] The > > Decline and Fall of America<br>To: > > newpacifica@ <wbr>yahoogroups .<wbr>com< br>Date: Wednesday, April 23, > > 2008, 2:25 PM<br><br><div id="yiv792350113" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <div id="ygrp-text" > > > > > <p><br> > > > > <br> > > > > > > > > > > > > </p><div id="AOLMsgPart_ 0_ 9d3abc9d- ed2d-4a09- 9f46- f7e1088420a > > 9"> > > > > > > > > <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" > > > > ... > > > ... > > > > > > Hey, guys, this is EMAIL, not a web-page. > > > > > > PLEASE put up this info in straight-text, not > > > this html-stuff. > > > > > > At least for some of us, it's TOTALLY GIBBERISH, unreadable. > > > > > > If you feel that what you sent out to this list is IMPORTANT, > > > please RE-send it, but in straight text, so we can "get" > > > what it is you're saying. > > > > > > THANKS! > > > > > > David Combs > ========================================================= >