[P1] Mail query

[Donald Hinkle]

Well, I checked out Preferences and the one place in Composing where it 
says html is checked...? Do X apps use preferences that can be scrapped 
and rewritten the way OS 9 did?

On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 01:48 AM, Richard McKay wrote:

> Donald Hinkle wrote the following:
>
>> I'm using Mail and like it.
>> In the beginning of using it, a month or so ago, when I typed the
>> little smiley ;-)
>> it would always come out as a yellow face with eyes and a mouth.
>> Now (unless it comes through this time) it doesn't do that any more.
>> I don't think I've changed anything.
>> Nothing in Preferences seems to indicate control over that factor.
>> Help, plz.
>
> ObiDon, :0)
>
> I would guess that you have either on purpose or accidentally set up 
> mail so
> that you do not use html formatting options...in other words
> mail should only use plain text (especially when it comes to lists 
> such as
> this one...) and therefore mail cannot convert your ASCII characters 
> into
> html or rich text symbols...
>
> HTH,
>
> Richard
> --...