sorry folks

If I sometimes forget to switch to plain text - overlook it if I do

cheers

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Makara@Starfleet

On 26 Oct 2005 18:12 GMT, "Makara@Starfleet" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If I sometimes forget to switch to plain text

set it as the default, else you may just be killfiled for all time...

no thanks - other newsgroup servers I use do not require me to use plain - so I have no intention of defaulting just for this one

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"Peter M" <us-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed). net...
On 26 Oct 2005 18:12 GMT, "Makara@Starfleet" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If I sometimes forget to switch to plain text

set it as the default, else you may just be killfiled for all time...

On or around Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:29:29 GMT, "Makara@Starfleet"
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>no thanks - other newsgroup servers I use do not require me to use plain - so I have no intention of defaulting just for this one
>
Fair enough, killfiled for excessive line length and top posting then.
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:29:29 GMT, in uk.telecom.broadband ,
"Makara@Starfleet" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>no thanks - other newsgroup servers I use do not require me to use plain - so I have no intention of defaulting just for this one

I'm baffled - you get no benefit from posting in html, so whats the
point in sticking to it? Do you think readers actually /like/ funky
colours and weird fonts?

Its up to you of course. Likelihood is however that most readers here
will killfile you for posting unreadable junk,
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"Makara@Starfleet" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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no thanks - other newsgroup servers I use do not require me to use
plain - so I have no intention of defaulting just for this one
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In general very few text newsgroups allow html posts. In years of using
newsgroups I don't think I've found one whose charter allowed it although
there are no doubt some that do.

On 26 Oct 2005 19:29 GMT, "Makara@Starfleet" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>no thanks - other newsgroup servers I use do not require me to use plain -
>so I have no intention of defaulting just for this one

OK, as a default it might be OTT, but if that's the case, use a free news
reader for text groups, after all showing a bit of flexibility means your
participation will be more widely accepted, not simply ignored. Peter M.


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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?

whatever

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"Lurch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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On or around Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:29:29 GMT, "Makara@Starfleet"
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>no thanks - other newsgroup servers I use do not require me to use plain -
>so I have no intention of defaulting just for this one
>
Fair enough, killfiled for excessive line length and top posting then.
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top posting beats bottom posting hands down - but anyway, nice to see what a
democracy we live in :-)

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"Lurch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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On or around Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:29:29 GMT, "Makara@Starfleet"
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>no thanks - other newsgroup servers I use do not require me to use plain -
>so I have no intention of defaulting just for this one
>
Fair enough, killfiled for excessive line length and top posting then.
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| Stuart @ SJW Electrical. Please Reply to group. |

black Arial 10 is hardly funky :-)

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I'm baffled - you get no benefit from posting in html, so whats the
point in sticking to it? Do you think readers actually /like/ funky
colours and weird fonts?

Its up to you of course. Likelihood is however that most readers here
will killfile you for posting unreadable junk,
--
Mark McIntyre