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<p><font face="KacstOne">Dear Tweetsters: For a long time, I have
been unable to see the content in Diann MacRae's Tweeters
messages -- unless I click on the URL link at the bottom of the
message. I get Tweeters via the Digest, so this URL may be
available only for those who receive Tweeters via the Digest or
at the UW's Tweeters archives.<br>
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<p><font face="KacstOne">When I click on that URL at the bottom of
the message<br>
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">URL: <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250709/f8f5e391/attachment-0001.html">http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250709/f8f5e391/attachment-0001.html</a>
<font face="KacstOne">I am taken to a web page that displays her message, but the message is encased in html markup, that is, commands enclosed in angle brackets saying how the message should be displayed.
(It's not just Diann's messages. There are a few other Tweeter contributors whose messages have the same issue.)
</font><font face="KacstOne">I suspect the problem is the email client that Diann (and others who are have the same issue) are using. I think there is probably nothing Diann can do other than to use a different device or program to send the messages.
The Tweeters listserv software is old and cannot handle all formats.
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Some Tweeters subscribers choose to get individual Tweeters messages forwarded on to them rather than having a digest that packages up all of a day's messages once a day and sends them out in a single email. I get the digest, so I cannot say how Diann's messages are displayed in the individual emails that are forwarded. I wouldn't be surprised if those messages came through just fine.
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<p><font face="KacstOne">I just now checked The Birding Lists Digest
site that shows Tweeters messages on a web page (
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=one_list;id=141">http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=one_list;id=141</a> ) and I find that
the content of Diann's message is entirely missing. And the URL
at the bottom simply links to the Tweeters information page, not
to the content of the message.</font></p>
<p><font face="KacstOne">So the solution to this issue depends on
how you get your Tweeters messages.</font></p>
<p><font face="KacstOne">If you get them via the Digest, click on
the URL at the bottom of the message.</font></p>
<p><font face="KacstOne">If you get individually forwarded emails, I
am guessing you don't have a problem, unless you have an email
program that is limited in formats it can handle (unlikely in
this day and age). But I could be wrong about this, don't know.</font></p>
<p><font face="KacstOne">Finally, if you read your Tweeters messages
via the Birders List Digest, then I think you're out of luck
there. You will not be able to read the message. But you can go
to the UW Tweeters archives and find the message to get the URL
at the bottom of the message and read the content (encased in
html markup). Here is the link for that:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/">https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/</a><br>
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<p><font face="KacstOne">Regarding the sending side of this
question, I believe that the best way to get messages you send
to Tweeters to display perfectly is to send them to the extent
possible in plain text. Avoid bold, italic, smart quotes, and
angle brackets. It's easy enough to do most of these things, but
to get rid of smart quotes, you have to either not use quotes at
all or compose your message in a plain text editor rather than
in something like Word. (A plain text quote is one where the
quotes go straight up and down and there's no difference between
the opening and closing quotes. Smart or curly quotes slant or
curl one way for opening quotes and a different way for closing
quotes.)</font></p>
<p><font face="KacstOne">Jane Hadley</font></p>
<p><font face="KacstOne">Seattle, WA</font></p>
<p><font face="KacstOne"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hadleyj1725@gmail.com">hadleyj1725@gmail.com</a><br>
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