>> Unsubscribe Pynchon-list <<

[Tim Ware]

Hey Paul,

When you open a new message in gmail, you'll see at the end of the  
various formatting options, the text "<< Plaint Text".

Click that to make the message plain text. That's all there is to it.

Of course, I now post this at the risk of furthering my reputation as  
a list-nanny/nazi, a blockwart and a purifier, but I guess I'll just  
have to live with that & accept the judgment of history ;)

The message you posted looked as it does below, to me:

> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:39:59 -0500
> From: "Paul Mackin" <mackin.paul at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: >> Unsubscribe Pynchon-list <<
>
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Content-Disposition: inline
>
> all very true
>
> in using gmail which is better--default encoding or UTF-8?
>
> seem to be only two choices
>
> I'm  new to windows and gmail
>
> P
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Ray Easton <kraimie at kraimie.net>  
> wrote:
>
>> David Morris wrote:
>>
>>> I guess we all have our thresholds.  But, really, how imposing is it
>>> to post plain text.  Sometimes nannies are right.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> If Kai, or anyone else, wants to post in some manner other than  
>> plain text,
>> why the hell is that anyone's concern?  If someone can't read it,  
>> then they
>> can't read it -- so what?  They'll miss out on what Kai has to say,  
>> but if
>> Kai doesn't care, so what?  The post will be unreadable in the  
>> archives, or
>> in the digest, but again, so what?  If Kai doesn't care, who else  
>> should?
>> It is one thing to point out to the list that posts not in plain  
>> text will
>> be unreadable in the archives and in the digest.  And, knowing  
>> this, those
>> who care about such things might then decide to post in plain  
>> text.  But it
>> is another thing entirely to badger a poster who chooses to ignore  
>> this.
>> Sometimes nannies *are* right, but even when they are, the p-list  
>> hardly
>> seems a place for them.
>>
>> Ray
>>
>
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> Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Content-Disposition: inline
>
> all very true<br><br>in using gmail which is better--default  
> encoding or UTF-8?<br><br>seem to be only two  
> choices<br><br>I'm  new to windows and  
> gmail<br><br>P<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 16, 2008  
> at 4:09 PM, Ray Easton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kraimie at kraimie.net 
> ">kraimie at kraimie.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid  
> rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left:  
> 1ex;">David Morris wrote:<br>
> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid  
> rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> I guess we all have our thresholds.  But, really, how imposing  
> is it<br>
> to post plain text.  Sometimes nannies are right.<br>
> <br>
>  <br>
> </blockquote>
> If Kai, or anyone else, wants to post in some manner other than  
> plain text, why the hell is that anyone's concern?  If  
> someone can't read it, then they can't read it -- so what?  
>  They'll miss out on what Kai has to say, but if Kai  
> doesn't care, so what?  The post will be unreadable in the  
> archives, or in the digest, but again, so what?  If Kai  
> doesn't care, who else should?   <br>
>
> It is one thing to point out to the list that posts not in plain  
> text will be unreadable in the archives and in the digest.  
>  And, knowing this, those who care about such things might then  
> decide to post in plain text.  But it is another thing entirely  
> to badger a poster who chooses to ignore this.  Sometimes  
> nannies *are* right, but even when they are, the p-list hardly seems  
> a place for them.<br>
> <font color="#888888">
> <br>
> Ray<br>
> </font></blockquote></div><br>
>
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