<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">There was a bad update to the Mailman software where all of NFB's listservs are handled. No date as to when this will be fixed.</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Apr 10, 2025, at 6:45\u202fAM, Brett Boyer via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">I'm just curious why this is a problem now and was not a problem before. A lot of our folks use the native mail app and I think this should be looked into as a listserv setting.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 9, 2025, at 10:24\u202fAM, Sue via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Thank you so much Curtis for this detailed explanation. Unfortunately, I think there are a fairly good size group of us who do use our iPhones for email, so not sure if there is a fix in the works to correct this problem with the email list.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 9, 2025, at 9:39\u202fAM, Curtis Chong via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Good morning:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The problem described in this email is still with us. Some emails sent out through Colorado-Talk come out as completely or partially garbled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The problem seems to be most apparent when emails are formatted as plain text as opposed to HTML. Unfortunately, what this means for iPhone/iPad users is that any emails you send out through Colorado-Talk will be partially or completely garbled because the native Mail program in iOS or iPad OS does not enable you to change the format of your outgoing message to HTML.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are sending email using Microsoft Outlook, however, you can ensure that the format is HTML instead of plain text.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">First, to determine whether the message is plain text or HTML, simply ask your screen reader to read the title of the window. Both JAWS and NVDA do this with the INSERT+T command. The screen reader will speak the subject of the open message, and at the end, tell you whether the message is plain text or HTML.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Now, when replying or forwarding, invoke the reply or forward function first. Then, check the format with the INSERT+T command. If the format is plain text, do the following to convert this to HTML.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">1. Press ALT+Q.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">2. Type the string html.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">3. Arrow down to where your screen reader should say, "Format as HTML."<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">4. Press Enter to select this choice.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you have any problems with this procedure, feel free to reach out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cordially,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Curtis Chong<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Colorado-Talk mailing list</span><br><span>Colorado-Talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Colorado-Talk:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org/sue%40teamspirit.net</span><br><span>List archives can be found at <http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org></span><br></div></blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Colorado-Talk mailing list</span><br><span>Colorado-Talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Colorado-Talk:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org/bboyer202%40gmail.com</span><br><span>List archives can be found at <http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org></span><br></div></blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Colorado-Talk mailing list</span><br><span>Colorado-Talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Colorado-Talk:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org/chong.curtis%40gmail.com</span><br><span>List archives can be found at <http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org></span><br></div></body></html>