[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 1, Issue 443

[Don Ingle]

I also get the teal green background screen on DWSI's posts.
It smacks of HTML or else he has set his background screen on his computer
so it transfers to the posts.
As to the icons -- well, Bob "Mr. Wonderful" did mention that the ISP for
the list would be off line for an hour a few days back for some ungrade to
their system. Perhaps Sir Robert knows the story.
Don "It isn't easy seeing green" Ingle (Through bloodshot eyes the color
additive factor makes it appear brown!)

----- Original Message -----
From: <DWSI at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 1, Issue 443


> In a message dated 1/19/2003 10:37:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com writes:
>
> > Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 15:15:46 -0000
> > From: "Tony Davis" <tony at tony-davis.co.uk>
> > To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] attachment signs
> > Message-ID: <015101c2bfcd$b773dda0$4d37fea9 at TONY>
> > References: <5.1.0.14.1.20030119022325.029082c0 at pop3.norton.antivirus>
> >   <006101c2bfaa$12ca7980$b258063e at x3i8g1>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;
> >   charset="iso-8859-1"
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > Precedence: list
> > Message: 1
> >
> > I agree with John Ding that the attachment flags are indicators that the
> > message contains HTML, and with Jim Kashishian that this is due to some
> > action
> > that the islandnet administrators have taken recently.  It makes sense
for
> > HTML mails to be flagged in this way, because HTML can conceal a
malicious
> > script designed to infect the recipient's machine with a virus or worm
just
> > as
> > an attachment can.
> >
> > As Jim says, many posts at present are in HTML.  For the official line
on
> > this, refer to http://www.islandnet.com/djml/faq.html , question 23.
From
> > past correspondence it appears that many people don't realize they're
> > posting
> > in HTML and/or don't know how to stop it happening.
> >
> > If you're using Outlook Express, click on 'Tools' then 'Options' then
the
> > 'Send' tab and make sure the 'Plain Text' option is selected under 'Mail
> > Sending Format', then click 'OK'.  If you're using AOL (as many of the
> > offenders are), the following link, which I found when trying to help
Dan
> > Spink, may be useful: http://www.xke-lovers.com/aolptext.htm .
>
> Dan Spink Replies:
>
> Thanks for your help, Tony. As an added thought or two, I found that AOL
8.0
> does not work that way. The only way I could come close to looking like
Plain
> Text was to go to AOL Preferences, Text, then make Arial 10 pt. NOT bold,
my
> default font. For what it's worth, I have at least three still unanswered
> questions about submitting to the list as follows:
> Q1. I get two versions: one in plain B&W, the other in a teel green
> background color.
> Why two different ones?
> Q2. Whenever I've tried to submit a message to the DJML directly, it comes
> back unreadable, or not usable in some way. Often, this is when I get the
> message I am not using plain text, (even though I am using Arial 10 pt,
non
> bold font), but there are other problems indicated as well. The only way I
> can jump in, I've found, is to copy a portion of an existing message,
> including the subject and heading information, then hit "reply" and add my
> thoughts. That's how I did this. Why can't I submit directly?
> Q3. My listing of subjects always shows numbered list of subjects up
front,
> with the sender, much like a table of contents. That's great. But when I
> scroll through I get multiple repetitions in different type faces,
sometimes
> with multiple "=" signs at every sentence, sometimes with type in reverse.
So
> am I doing something wrong?
>
> None of the above should indicate an unhappy list member. I look forward
to
> reading (and sometimes joining in) every day. It's a new life experience
to
> share the world of performing Dixie and traditional jazz professionals and
I
> love it. Keep it coming any way you can!
>
> Dan (piano fingers) Spink
>


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