on 3/7/04 7:22 PM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 3/7/04 6:05 PM, "John B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there a preference or something that I can set in Outlook Express so that >> e-mail messages that I receive are displayed in plain text only, not HTML? > > As I recall (it's been a few years) you have to do it by a trick. Quit OE. > In /System Folder/Extensions/ActiveX Controls folder you'll find a file > called " IE 5.02 Control Library". Remove it, make a new empty folder in its > place, and name the folder "IE 5.02 Control Library". (That prevents the > file getting remade on launch.) Start up OE and you will no longer get > complex HTML - the type of HTML that has pictures, web links, and possible > trawls for your email address which spammers use. You'll still get formatted > text sent as "simple HTML" (i.e., such as OE and Entourage can create - no > tables, no web pictures or animated whatsis or links or trawls). > > If you don't want even formatted text (why not?) there's a script by Allen > Watson that removes all HTML formatting and replaces it by plain text. I > think the script must be at > > MacScripter.net <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> > > Thanks for the info. I'll check it out.
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