I'm new to computers, and you couldn't fill a thimble with what I know. I receive some messages that are too wide for my screen(particularly forwarded emails).How do I reduce the width of them so that I don't have to scrool right, then down, then back up, then left to read the beginning of the sentence that I just scrolled down for and forgot before I scrolled down, etc. etc. etc.

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|I receive some messages that are too wide for my screen
|How do I reduce the width of them so that I don't have to [scroll] right,
|then down, then back up...
| Jim Shaffer

1) Tell the idiots who send you HTML-formatted email to STOP IT.
It's stupid (email messages are NOT Web pages) and it's dangerous to you.
cache 
of http://www.birdhouse.org/etc/evilmail.html
+security-issues+crashes-and-compatibility-problems+privacy
If they won't discontinue this, stop accepting email from those parties.

2) Even if you are going to ignore the BEST advice on this (my previous point),
turn off HTML in your email client.

3) If you are going to ignore the best and second-best advice,
then tell these idiots to learn how to properly format HTML
before they send more of this crap to you.

4) Accept responsibility for the errors of others;
buy a 21" monitor and adjust it for the resolution you need.

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OUCH!! I am one of those idiots. I always send and receive e-mails in HTML but so 
far no complaints yet from the other idiots.







On Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 7:06 pm, gewg_ wrote:

>|I receive some messages that are too wide for my screen

>|How do I reduce the width of them so that I don't have to [scroll] right,

>|then down, then back up...

>| Jim Shaffer

>

>1) Tell the idiots who send you HTML-formatted email to STOP IT.

>It's stupid (email messages are NOT Web pages) and it's dangerous to you.

>cache 

>of http://www.birdhouse.org/etc/evilmail.html

>+security-issues+crashes-and-compatibility-problems+privacy

>If they won't discontinue this, stop accepting email from those parties.

>

>2) Even if you are going to ignore the BEST advice on this (my previous point),

>turn off HTML in your email client.

>

>3) If you are going to ignore the best and second-best advice,

>then tell these idiots to learn how to properly format HTML

>before they send more of this crap to you.

>

>4) Accept responsibility for the errors of others;

>buy a 21" monitor and adjust it for the resolution you need.
 

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Not all monitors can do it, but if yours can this is a good trick: right-click a blank area of your desktop, then select "Properties" on the pop up context menu. The Display Properties box will appear. On its "settings" tab, change the screen area from 800 x 600 to something bigger, e.g. 1280 x 1024, and click "Apply".

It's pretty easy to switch back and forth this way.

Ed



On Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 10:39 am, anu wrote:
>OUCH!! I am one of those idiots. I always send and receive e-mails in HTML but so
>far no complaints yet from the other idiots.

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Thanks guys. like I explained before, I'm still having problems reading forwarded emails and some other sites(the New York Post), because they are to wide for my screen. I'm not knowledgeable enough to understand what HTML is, And I don't understand what 'Formatted' means. thanks again for trying though.


On Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 11:47 am, Jim Shaffer wrote:
> I'm new to computers, and you couldn't fill a thimble with what I know. I receive
>some messages that are too wide for my screen(particularly forwarded emails).How
>do I reduce the width of them so that I don't have to scrool right, then down, then
>back up, then left to read the beginning of the sentence that I just scrolled down
>for and forgot before I scrolled down, etc. etc. etc.

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|I don't understand what 'Formatted' means
| Jim Shaffer
|
The same as "HTML": Not plain text.

|I'm not knowledgeable enough to understand what HTML is
|
HyperText Markup Language (aka a Web page).
People shouldn't be mailing you Web pages.
(HTTP is similar to FTP--where it counts.)

...and I already told you HTML email is a way to get INFECTED.

The ORIGINAL concept of the Internet was:
A homogeneous network with a heterogeneous infrastructure.
That means **it's not supposed to matter what you are running**.

People who send email that can't be readily parsed with ANY email client
don't understand the basics of being online.
Email existed before there ever was a WWW
and email worked just fine before 
Microsoft screwed it up.


|I'm still having problems reading forwarded emails
|
Assuming that you already have your screen adjusted optimally for your eyesight,
tell your correspondents to send you PLAIN TEXT ONLY.

...or buy a bigger monitor
and update your anti-malware apps daily and always leave them all running.

|and some other sites(the New York Post), because they are to wide for my screen.
|
It is possible for a Web developer WHO KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING
to create a Web page that displays properly on EVERYONE'S screen.
It is obvious that the New York Post hired an idiot
...or the management there are idiots
who insist on making the page appear ONLY ONE WAY
--NOT what HTML was intended to do (again: *homogeneous*).

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