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Sending Plain Text E-mail Messages

Yahoo Mail

NOTE: Some features are only available to IE users. Netscape and other browsers will not show these options.

After signing in to Yahoo Mail, some general setup items shoukd be done.

• Click "Check Email" under "Message Center" on left side of screen
• Select "Mail Options" from right-hand side of main toolbar
• From " Mail Options Screen " select "General Preferences" (see Personalization)
• Under "Forwarding Messages" (Message Actions) select "forward as in-line text"
• Under "Replying" (Message Actions) select "include full original message"
• Click Save button

Make sure you set plain text signature as the default.

• Select "Mail Options" from right-hand side of main toolbar
• From " Mail Options Screen " select "Signature" (see Personalization)
• If using IE, then next to "Editor" select "Plain"
• If using Netscape or other browser, next to "This signature is: " select the "plain text" bullet
• Click Save button

When Replying or Forwarding, edit the previous text and remove all footer material before adding your new text.

If using IE (not available in Netscape and other browsers) when in the "Compose" window, make sure "Plain" is selected rather than "Color and Graphics". These two choices are a toggle switch. Clicking on one activates it and turns off the other.

In any browser, also make sure the "Allow HTML tags" checkbox at the bottom is NOT checked.

If you want to add a signature, check the "Add signature" checkbox.

Original material courtesy of Gerald E. Boyd.