Re: Times New Roman

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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:34:50 -0400, Brian Tillman wrote:

> Lew <notme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Read my post. I said it's not just Eudora. I send messages in plain
>> text and when some people reply, it comes back Times New Roman
>> regardless of my settings.
>
> Since you sent a plain text message, you supplied NO formatting information.
> They replied and their mail client changed it to HTML, added formatting
> which your client is obeying. How can this be laid at Outlook's feet?

That's just it. It isn't obeying the other client's formatting. I know, I
tested it. I send an email to myself at a different address. My receiving
email client is Eudora. Eudora's default HTML font is 10 pt. Tahoma, as is
Outlook's. I reply and it comes back Times New Roman. If I SEND an email
from Eudora to Outlook, I get 10pt. Tahoma. If I REPLY from Eudora to
Outlook, it comes back Times New Roman. Some other email clients give the
same result when replying to messages sent from Outlook.

This can't be that hard to understand. Outlook 2003 seems to have a hard
time with formatting when changing from plain text to HTML (see the article
I mentioned in my original post). For example, my default HTML font is
Tahoma. Nowhere in my settings are the words "Times New Roman." If I
start composing an email in plain text and change to HTML before sending,
the font changes to Times New Roman, not Tahoma.

Like I said, this is not a big deal, but the problem does exist and can be
demonstrated time and again. I just want to know if there is a fix. It's
curious how the replies vigoriously defend Outlook but don't attempt to
answer my question.

Lew
.

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