RE: Outlook settings for plain text

Got into Tools/Options, but there's no Mail Format tab.  I checked all 15
tabs under Options, but saw nothing that resembled what you were talking
about.  (This is Outlook '97)

Strange.  I seem to recall seeing something like what you mentioned.  Maybe
at a different client site.

I did find the Properties dialog for this outgoing message, but nothing
there either.

<dig, dig, dig>

I right-clicked on the MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com in the To: box (since it's
not in my address book) to find the properties of this message, and there
was a checkbox labeled "Always send to this recipient in Microsoft Outlook
rich-text format."; it was unchecked and I left it that way.  I clicked on
the option to add the address to my personal address book and checked the
properties on that and they are set by default as you specified.

Thanks, Dave!

- Dan Bale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaw, David [SMTP:dshaw@spartan.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 2:33 PM
> To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      Outlook settings for plain text
> 
> Dan and other Outlook users,
> 
> I'm using Outlook '98, rather than '97, but I think they and Outlook 2000
> are pretty similar in this regard.  Users of Outlook Express, please note
> that this DOES NOT apply to you - in its infinite wisdom, Microsoft chose
> to make the controls for Express work completely differently - grrr.  I
> can provide those settings as well, if anyone wants them.
> 
> Starting point - Go into Tools/Options/Mail Format and see what your
> default format is.  If it's set to Plain Text, you'll find when you're
> entering a message that it will default to Plain Text but will allow you
> to change it from the Format option.  If it's set to one of the others, it
> doesn't make it easy for you to pick when you enter a message.
> 
> Address book - Go into it and find Midrange-L and look at its properties.
> Make sure that you DON'T have the "send mail in rich text format only" box
> checked.  Next, go into Send Options and check the box for specifying the
> format to use.  Then set it to Mime and Plain Text.  Do NOT use Plain
> Text/UUEncode.
> 
> If anyone knows of any other tricks to make sure that Outlook behaves
> properly in this regard, I'd like to know.
> 
> Dave Shaw
> Spartan International, Inc.
> Spartanburg, SC
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bale, Dan [mailto:DBale@lear.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 10:27 AM
> > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: Cursor Location
> > 
> > 
> > Part of the problem, I believe, is that the original post and your reply
> > were sent as HTML instead of plain text, which is a no-no for this list.
> It
> > almost looks like you inserted some HTML tags to highlight portions of
> your
> > code.
> > 
> > Please, everyone, do what you can to ensure that you send only plain
> text to
> > this list.  It is apparent that those who use HTML never see the digest
> mode
> > version of this list, because if they did, they'd see the hex dumps of
> their
> > email.
> > 
> > Hopefully, this reply will be sent as plain text.  I'm using Outlook 97
> and
> > I tried to find a way to ensure that it does, but could not find the
> "plain
> > text" option.  
> > 
> > - Dan Bale
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