Marty wrote:

>> That's less reliable than using Notepad; your line breaks get all
>> weird.
>
> I've never had that happen using the methods I describe here and in the
> previous post.
>
> When you paste into OE, the rich text gets pasted. That's true... IF you
> have not set your preferences as I previously described to compose and
> send news messages in text only format. If you have set this correctly,
> and you open a new news message or reply to one, you will get a
> composition window in text only, and anything you paste will also be text
> only. If it doesn't look like it, go to format, switch it to rich text,
> and back again. Voila. But usually that step is not necessary.
>
> Re-read the part about setting your preferences for posting news in text
> format. All html formatting is stripped. Even if it looks like it's there,
> when you hit send, it's stripped.

Yes, I know. My preferences have always been as you recommend. I prefer a
WYSIWYG method of posting, rather than *hoping* that OE will do what I want
it to do.

And yes, the line breaks often get messed up when you just paste into OE and
send without fixing.

Bob