HTML BYTES

As a courtesy to you as a NEW USEnet (Newsgroup) poster, I'd like to suggest some tips that will help you garner higher quality responses to your USEnet message.

First, HTML posts in text based USEnet groups are not really appropriate. Your posts should be done in plain text.

Why does HTML Byte? Several reasons follow:

A 5 line post in text may be 200 bytes, in HTML the same post may be 8000 bytes. Some people wont wait for the much larger HTML messages to download.

Vision impaired folks often have ware or options set to enlarge plain text so they can read it. Those type of programs work best when dealing with simple text.

SysOPs who manage USEnet servers set a certain amount of space for each group on their hard drives. "Bloated" HTML messages may often deprive other folks of having their messages properly archived and carried around the globe.

Many of the larger ISPs like Earthlink, for example, filter out HTML messages from plain text newsgroups. Thus, users of such ISPs wont even see your message.

Many of the best techs who participate in comupter help and support Newsgroups use newsreaders that are set to filter out HTML posts so they wont even see your message.

People all over the world pay by the minute to either their local phone company or have to dial long distance to log on. So, since HTML posts are larger [8000 bytes vs. 200 bytes] their phone bill may be 40 times as great if everybody posted in HTML so we like to keep simple text as the standard.

Also, don't post in ALL CAPS and don't post or attach files or images to your inquiries. Plain text newsgroups do not allow binaries aka file attachments of any kind.

In a plain text newsgroup such as you posted in, some people wont even bother to read your question. These may be the same people who know the answer and would have provided it if you had posted in plain text in a plain text newsgroup.

And finally, your posting in HTML or Rich Text may just not be readable by some people who are using text based USEnet clients.

 PLEASE SET YOUR NEWS CLIENT FOR TEXT

OE | Tools | Options | Send | News Sending Format
Tick - Plain Text

OE | Tools | Options | Send | Sending
UnTick - Reply to messages using the format in which they were sent

Netscape | Edit | Preferences | Mail & Groups | Messages
UnTick - By default, send HTML messages

Netscape | Edit | Preferences | Mail & Newsgroups | Formatting
Tick - Use the plain text editor to compose messages

If you are requesting help with a PC problem please take a minute to read the following advice. I am only posting it to help you get the best answers to your questions:

Make sure you try your best to make your post easy to read. If you appear too lazy to capitalize i or use a period now and then at the end of a thought, many potential responders will simply ignore your question.

And read:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm as it will help you compose your question to get the best replies.