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**Lisa Elliott**

Thanks for your help
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Lisa

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

For Mail, HTML is generally OK, but newsgroups generally prefer Plain
text and some newsgroups will refuse messages that use HTML.

HTML allows you to use various fonts, colored text, etc. Plain text
does not.

Most mail programs can read HTML.

HTML requires MIME format, and normally use quoted-printable encoding
for text.

For Plain text, you can use either MIME or Uuencode. MIME handles
attachment better, but for newsgroups, some prefer Uuencode. For plain
text if you use MIME, text encoding should be either None or
quoted-printable. Don't use Base64.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"Lisa Elliott" wrote in message
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My computer uses XP Pro sp2 with IE7 . I use POP 3 server for OE6 and
use
norton system works 2006. I have read and searched for more
information as
to what preferences I should select for sending/reading mail. I am
still
confused without understanding the best setup for the maximum
performance for
my system. I want to know what benefits there are for sending mail
html vs
plain text and should it be different for my newsgroups. I currently
have
HTML selected but have no clue as to what MIME is or which encode
text I
should use (using none now) I have no idea what quotable printable is
nor 64
bit are. The help manual too vague Thanks Lisa

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Lisa