Please don't post in HTML

"James Rossen" <dlj@xxxxxx> · Wed, 8 Jan 2003 23:38:25 -0600

Below is an exerpt of a recent post as it appeared on harp l digest.  As I
understand it- all the wacky uninteligibility occurrs when someone posts in
HTML to this list, which does not interpret the formatting commands, but
just reproduces those commands verbatim.  The gibberish can be elimiinated
if posts are made in PLAIN TEXT.  Most email programs provide the option to
post to a particular address in plain text or HTML.

Jim R

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> Content-Type: text/html;
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> <HTML><HEAD>
> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
> charset=3Diso-8859-1">
> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=3DGENERATOR>
> <STYLE></STYLE>
> </HEAD>
> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <BLOCKQUOTE=20
> style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
> BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
>   <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
>   <DIV=20
>   style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
> black"><B>From:</B>=20
>   <A title=3DToungblock@xxxxxxx=20
>   href=3D"mailto:Toungblock@xxxxxxx";>Toungblock@xxxxxxx</A> </DIV>
>   <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
> title=3Dharp-l@xxxxxxxxxx=20
>   href=3D"mailto:harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx";>harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx</A> </DIV>
>   <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 08, =
> 2003 7:34=20
>   PM</DIV>
>   <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> what about the magic=20
> harps?</DIV>
>   <DIV><BR></DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT face=3DGeneva color=3D#000000 =
> size=3D2=20
>   FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF">anybody know whats up with those =
> harps.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT =
> size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>From the last =
> communication that=20
>   I had with Pierre Beauregard, one of the partners of the Magic =
> Harps,<FONT=20
>   face=3DGeneva color=3D#000000 =
> FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;<FONT=20
>   size=3D2>it is still being held up by Hohner (who is licensed to =
> manufacture=20
>   them). They were originally supposed to by out by August 1998, but =
> since has=20
>   been held up and there's no real definite date as =
> yet.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pierre's not on the internet, so I =
> can foward any=20
>   comments you have to him if need be.</FONT></DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Barbeque Bob Maglinte</FONT></DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Boston, =
> MA</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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