[mythtv-users] [Off-Topic alert] Mail formatting, comments re

[Ryan Patterson]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
>> FWIW, your message are close to impossible to read here on gmail...
>> too many different fonts, styles etc... use plain text... and usually
>> a message signature is placed at the end of a message, not at the top
>
> Jean-Yves Avenard:
>
> I agree.
>
> Some of that occurred because I pasted in or out of Gmail, and I could NOT figure out how to convert my G-mail text into SIMPLE unformatted text.  ARRRRGGG!!!
> The signature line was my bad.  I meant to delete it, and forgot it was there.
>
> As for some of the rest, I wish there was a way in Macintosh Mail AND in G-mail to select just a monospace mode.  i.e.: Not necessarily a monospace FONT, just a mode where all fonts would be monospace.

In gmail, when composing an e-mail, click the downward facing triangle
in the lower right corner (adjacent to the trashcan) and select "Plain
text mode".  Also be sure to put your reply below any quoted text
(bottom post).  The text should be chronological when read from top to
bottom.