The NetCommish @ USSSP

Win 95/98/NT

Eudora Pro 4.2
Internet Explorer (Win95)
Netscape
Netscape 4.05
Netscape 4.51
Netscape 4.6
Netscape 4.7
Netscape 4.8
Outlook 97
Outlook 98
Outlook 2000
Outlook Express 4.72

Win 3.1

Eudora L 3.05
Netscape 4.05

OUTLOOK 2000
Sending Messages - Choose a default message format:

On the Tools menu, click Options
Click the Mail Format tab
In the "Send in this message format list", click the format you want. In this case select "Plain Text".

Responding to Messages

By default, when you respond to a message in Microsoft Outlook, your reply is formatted the same way as the original message. For example, if you reply to a message sent to you in plain text, Outlook sends the response in plain text. However, you can change the message format of your reply.

Place the insertion point in the message body, click the Format menu
Click the name of a message format."

Notes and Comments

One thing that I believe to be the case for BOTH Outlook 2000 AND Outlook Express 4.72 is that they will automatically respond to an email in the format of the original email. Thus, if you are responding to list mail which was properly sent in plain text you will respond in plain text regardless of what your default setting is for your outgoing email according to the instructions I sent.

Also, despite the default settings, you can change the settings for a particular message. So you can set something else for your default as long as you REMEMBER to change it to plain text for any list mail you originate. I believe this will work except in the case of Outlook (like I am using now) if you have set the default to use Microsoft Word as your email editor. You then cannot change the format for an individual message. -- Bruce E. Cobern

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