Re: AOL 6.0 and HTML mail

[SteveL1979@xxxxxxx]

    On this issue, the following was posted on another ML that I'm on. I 
haven't tried the method suggested, since I have AOL 5 and haven't switched, 
but it may help some of you.

>The following text was duplicated from http://jay.mbz.org/aol/ and *may*
>be of service.
>
>This web page is in the public domain. Permission is granted to copy any
>or all of this page with or without credit to the author.
>
>How to send plain text from AOL V6.0:
>=====================================
>
>1. Make sure your font is set to Arial 10, the AOL default.
>
>2. Create a message using only default Arial 10 type. Any
>    quoted text pasted in from another message must also be
>    in Arial 10 type (no bold, other sizes or colors). Note:
>    if you paste a message that was received in HTML format,
>    it will probably cause you to send in HTML.
>
>3. Hit Control-A to highlight the entire message.
>
>4. Right click anywhere in the message itself: A 'popup menu'
>    will appear. Move the cursor to "text" and another menu
>    will appear. Move the cursor to "normal" and click on it.
>
>5. Send the message.
>
>======================================
>The above "solution" has been found to work as described. However,
>there's no guarantees, and the author of this web page is not prepared
>to provide any further
>assistance beyond this web page itself.

Steve Long