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MaryL wrote:
"MLB" wrote in message ... On 06/03/2012 11:31 AM, MaryL wrote: "Adrian" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote: I'm testing this method. I have not been able to send messages to newsgroups for some time, so I am checking to see if I can get through this way. MaryL I see you, I hope your problem has been solved. Your messages show up here but are so pale I can hardly read them. MLB .... I don't have any idea why that would be, so I don't know how to change it. I post in plain text and do not use colors. Everyone's messages look exactly the same to me, with regard to print intensity. Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? MaryL With Thunderbird, only one of your messages looked pale. It was the one replying to Adrian, and I think it was related to your quoting problem. Adrian's name appears in the signature line of his posts, and since your quoting didn't work correctly, when you replied to him your message was just appended to the end of his, and was assumed by the newsreader to be a part of his sig line, too :-) Signatures are displayed in a paler color by some newsreaders (like Thunderbird). You should be able to prevent this from happening by making sure to delete the line from a quoted post that has only "--" on it (without the quotes). That is the line which tells the newsreader that all the text which follows is a sig, and should be colored differently. Of course, some newsreaders automatically strip out the signature when you reply to a post. If you can configure yours to do that, it should also take care of the problem :-) Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety -- Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Sweety pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Sweety Kotyo and Sweety together: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/KotyoAndSweety |
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Nadia N. wrote:
With Thunderbird, only one of your messages looked pale. It was the one replying to Adrian, and I think it was related to your quoting problem. Adrian's name appears in the signature line of his posts, and since your quoting didn't work correctly, when you replied to him your message was just appended to the end of his, and was assumed by the newsreader to be a part of his sig line, too :-) Signatures are displayed in a paler color by some newsreaders (like Thunderbird). You should be able to prevent this from happening by making sure to delete the line from a quoted post that has only "--" on it (without the quotes). That is the line which tells the newsreader that all the text which follows is a sig, and should be colored differently. Of course, some newsreaders automatically strip out the signature when you reply to a post. If you can configure yours to do that, it should also take care of the problem :-) In many newsreaders, these kinds of effects are configurable. For example, in my newsreader, if I were to surround a word with asterisks (indicating emphasis - the text-only equivalent of a bold font), it displays in a more pale color when I read the post. I could change this, though. Maybe I will - it seems counterintuitive that something that's supposed to substitute for bold comes out paler! By the way, Nadia, how's Kotyo doing? -- Joyce Beauty and music seduce us first; later, ashamed of our own sensuality, we insist on meaning. -- Clive Barker |
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"Nadia N." wrote in message ... MaryL wrote: "MLB" wrote in message ... On 06/03/2012 11:31 AM, MaryL wrote: "Adrian" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote: I'm testing this method. I have not been able to send messages to newsgroups for some time, so I am checking to see if I can get through this way. MaryL I see you, I hope your problem has been solved. Your messages show up here but are so pale I can hardly read them. MLB .... I don't have any idea why that would be, so I don't know how to change it. I post in plain text and do not use colors. Everyone's messages look exactly the same to me, with regard to print intensity. Does anyone have any ideas what would cause this? MaryL With Thunderbird, only one of your messages looked pale. It was the one replying to Adrian, and I think it was related to your quoting problem. Adrian's name appears in the signature line of his posts, and since your quoting didn't work correctly, when you replied to him your message was just appended to the end of his, and was assumed by the newsreader to be a part of his sig line, too :-) Signatures are displayed in a paler color by some newsreaders (like Thunderbird). You should be able to prevent this from happening by making sure to delete the line from a quoted post that has only "--" on it (without the quotes). That is the line which tells the newsreader that all the text which follows is a sig, and should be colored differently. Of course, some newsreaders automatically strip out the signature when you reply to a post. If you can configure yours to do that, it should also take care of the problem :-) Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Sweety pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Sweety Kotyo and Sweety together: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/KotyoAndSweety ..... Thanks, I can do that (and did here). However, I'm puzzled because all messages look the same (ordinary black print) when I read them. I got rid of Thunderbird. It picked up messages from my private mail that I do not use for newsgroups and placed them in the online Thunderbird mail. I do not like that. MaryL |
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Bastette wrote:
By the way, Nadia, how's Kotyo doing? He's doing great. Completely back to normal. All the holes and wounds in his chest and side have closed, and even the scabs have already fallen off. He's back to his spoiled rotten little monster self. It will be a month tomorrow since his trachea ruptured, and the only sign that there was ever anything wrong with him is all the shaved spots on his chest, front legs and sides... Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety -- Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Sweety pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Sweety Kotyo and Sweety together: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/KotyoAndSweety |
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MaryL wrote:
"Nadia N." wrote in message ... You should be able to prevent this from happening by making sure to delete the line from a quoted post that has only "--" on it (without the quotes). That is the line which tells the newsreader that all the text which follows is a sig, and should be colored differently. Of course, some newsreaders automatically strip out the signature when you reply to a post. If you can configure yours to do that, it should also take care of the problem :-) Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Sweety pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Sweety Kotyo and Sweety together: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/KotyoAndSweety .... Thanks, I can do that (and did here). However, I'm puzzled because all messages look the same (ordinary black print) when I read them. This post shows in black for me in Thunderbird, so it seems to have worked :-) Your messages showing in black print for you but not for others depends on your newsreader's settings. I guess your newsreader is not set to show signatures in a paler color, unlike mine. I got rid of Thunderbird. It picked up messages from my private mail that I do not use for newsgroups and placed them in the online Thunderbird mail. I do not like that. MaryL I am not sure what your version of Thunderbird was doing. I am running a pretty old version (2.0), connected to my gmail account, and it does not put anything online that I don't want it to. It does download all my gmail emails to my computer, but that is actually something that I want it to do :-) But I don't know if it can be configured to just act as a newsreader and not as an email client - maybe if you do not add any email accounts in Account Settings, but only add a news provider account? Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety -- Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Sweety pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Sweety Kotyo and Sweety together: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/KotyoAndSweety |
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"Nadia N." wrote in message news MaryL wrote: "Nadia N." wrote in message ... You should be able to prevent this from happening by making sure to delete the line from a quoted post that has only "--" on it (without the quotes). That is the line which tells the newsreader that all the text which follows is a sig, and should be colored differently. Of course, some newsreaders automatically strip out the signature when you reply to a post. If you can configure yours to do that, it should also take care of the problem :-) Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Sweety pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Sweety Kotyo and Sweety together: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/KotyoAndSweety .... Thanks, I can do that (and did here). However, I'm puzzled because all messages look the same (ordinary black print) when I read them. This post shows in black for me in Thunderbird, so it seems to have worked :-) Your messages showing in black print for you but not for others depends on your newsreader's settings. I guess your newsreader is not set to show signatures in a paler color, unlike mine. I got rid of Thunderbird. It picked up messages from my private mail that I do not use for newsgroups and placed them in the online Thunderbird mail. I do not like that. MaryL I am not sure what your version of Thunderbird was doing. I am running a pretty old version (2.0), connected to my gmail account, and it does not put anything online that I don't want it to. It does download all my gmail emails to my computer, but that is actually something that I want it to do :-) But I don't know if it can be configured to just act as a newsreader and not as an email client - maybe if you do not add any email accounts in Account Settings, but only add a news provider account? Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Sweety pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Sweety Kotyo and Sweety together: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/KotyoAndSweety ..... When I first installed Thunderbird, I made the mistake of clicking on an option to download settings from my default email. I did that so it would pick up the correct information for SMTP server, etc. Unfortunately, that meant that it also picked up all my mailboxes and mail in that account. That is not an account that I ever use for the Internet or newsgroups. So, I uninstalled Thunderbird and reinstalled. I went through that process over and over again, but it never let me remove that option. So, I have gotten rid of Thunderbird and have completely given up on it. MaryL |
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"Nadia N." wrote:
Bastette wrote: By the way, Nadia, how's Kotyo doing? He's doing great. Completely back to normal. All the holes and wounds in his chest and side have closed, and even the scabs have already fallen off. He's back to his spoiled rotten little monster self. It will be a month tomorrow since his trachea ruptured, and the only sign that there was ever anything wrong with him is all the shaved spots on his chest, front legs and sides... Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety That is very good to hear. -- Adrian |
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"Nadia N." wrote:
MaryL wrote: "Nadia N." wrote in message ... You should be able to prevent this from happening by making sure to delete the line from a quoted post that has only "--" on it (without the quotes). That is the line which tells the newsreader that all the text which follows is a sig, and should be colored differently. Of course, some newsreaders automatically strip out the signature when you reply to a post. If you can configure yours to do that, it should also take care of the problem :-) Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Sweety pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Sweety Kotyo and Sweety together: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/KotyoAndSweety .... Thanks, I can do that (and did here). However, I'm puzzled because all messages look the same (ordinary black print) when I read them. This post shows in black for me in Thunderbird, so it seems to have worked :-) Your messages showing in black print for you but not for others depends on your newsreader's settings. I guess your newsreader is not set to show signatures in a paler color, unlike mine. I got rid of Thunderbird. It picked up messages from my private mail that I do not use for newsgroups and placed them in the online Thunderbird mail. I do not like that. MaryL I am not sure what your version of Thunderbird was doing. I am running a pretty old version (2.0), connected to my gmail account, and it does not put anything online that I don't want it to. It does download all my gmail emails to my computer, but that is actually something that I want it to do :-) But I don't know if it can be configured to just act as a newsreader and not as an email client - maybe if you do not add any email accounts in Account Settings, but only add a news provider account? Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety I use Thunderbird for usenet and Outlook for mail on my laptop. -- Adrian |
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Nadia N. wrote:
Bastette wrote: By the way, Nadia, how's Kotyo doing? He's doing great. Completely back to normal. All the holes and wounds in his chest and side have closed, and even the scabs have already fallen off. He's back to his spoiled rotten little monster self. It will be a month tomorrow since his trachea ruptured, and the only sign that there was ever anything wrong with him is all the shaved spots on his chest, front legs and sides... I'm so glad to hear it! -- Joyce What business is it of the state how consenting adults choose to pair off, share expenses and eventually stop having sex with each other? -- Bill Maher |
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On 6/5/2012 10:20 PM, MaryL wrote:
I got rid of Thunderbird. It picked up messages from my private mail that I do not use for newsgroups and placed them in the online Thunderbird mail. I do not like that. Live mail doesn't add quote characters anymore (). It isn't worth using. I can tutor you on Thunderbird or Xnews though Xnews might not be to your liking. |
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