Date:         Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:18:41 EST
Reply-To:     Willolyn99@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Marshall <Willolyn99@AOL.COM>
Subject:      HTML in postings
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For anyone who cares about what other folks read....

When someone uses a different font, or background color, or italics, or any
of that fancy stuff you can put into an e-mail, it doen't make it through the
list intact.  For all of us who get the digest version, this is what we see:

><DIV>&gt; </DIV>>
<div style='background-color:'><DIV></DIV>
><DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt; http://www.kernowsys.freewire.co.uk/
><DIV></DIV>&gt;
><DIV></DIV>&gt;anybody else notice he says it's a '98 model???
><DIV></DIV>&gt;so does that mean he got it from south africa (same
>right-side <DIV></DIV>&gt;steering)??
><DIV></DIV>&gt;did they import south african buses into the UK after
>1992-3? <DIV></DIV></div>
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(this is a random sample, and I mean no offense to whoever this is.)

I have to dig thru all this crap to try and figure out what you are saying,
and I usually don't.  Yep, I just blow it off, unread, which really sucks.  I
gain a lot from the list, and read every post (even Stan's) trying to find a
new, useful nugget of Knowledge.  How can I do that if I can't read it?

I bet that no one really cares what color or font you use -- it's what you
have to say that counts.  So, to make this better for all, use ARIAL font on
a WHITE background, no underlining or italics.

We want to hear what you have to say!

><<DIV><DIV><thanks for ><DIV>&gt; </DIV>your cooperation,<nsp&<DIV>9*&%$>>

Bill Marshall
85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box"
Aurora, IL