Mime [was Tyre (tire) pressures]

[isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk]

>> What e-mail client are you using that lets you italicize the
>> original message in your reply?  I like the format!

> Good question, it's Microsoft outlook Express for sure, tell me how
> to find the version and I'll let you know. I just click on the I
> square as in MS word, (hint, not very computer literate!)

I was online with the Nokia's browser this morning and saw this -
otherwise it would have been deleted before being read.

I do most sincerely hope that the discussion proceeds from ignorance and
not the gross discourtesy it seems to be.

We are Dan's guests on these lists.  As such, we are beholden to Dan and
I believe (others may believe differently) that we should abide by his
rules.  Those rules are very clearly stated in simple English on the
Audifans web site:

       "There is no cost for subscribing to the lists, but you
        must subscribe in order to post a message to the list.
        This is to prevent spamming from outside parties.
        Also, messages sent to the list must be in plain text
        format - no MIME, HTML, image or file attachments."

See what it says?  Even if you have your email client set to post plain
ASCII, selecting some trivial snick-snack like italics, underlining,
fonts, etc., will ALWAYS generate a MIME email taking four to five times
more of Dan's bandwidth than an ASCII text message.

If this proceeds from ignorance, it is discourteous.  If it is done in
spite of knowing the effects, it is quite breathtaking. You're in good
(bad) company, though.  This is a recent list of multi-part senders
stopped by my system:

     DGraber460 at aol.com
     HAMRENDAN at aol.com
     JShadzi at aol.com
     JanDebL at aol.com
     JordanVw at aol.com
     KAMMLER1 at aol.com
     audidudi at mindspring.com
     julian.stafford at virgin.net
     kbogach at home.com
     knotnook at traverse.com
     quattro at europa.com
     rmyers at oak.total-web.net
     smarinello at newpark.com
     zed123 at telusplanet.net

All are guilty of the same discourtesy to Dan in ignoring the conditions
of use of the lists - clearly posted on the Audifans web sight.

Maybe quite a few people need Reading Comprehension 101.

And maybe some of the people wasting Dan's bandwidth like this should
pony up a donation in recompense.

--
 Phil