on 1/27/04 5:56 PM, Ilbert Walker at walker@xxxxxxxx wrote: > E mail has been a great boon to communication - but is also open to > misinterpretation, or potential offence, without a physical or visual > presence or body language to accurately reflect the sender's intended > meaning. >=20 > As an ex Brit, raised on a diet of tongue-in-cheek Goon/Pythonesque > humour, I find it necessary to garnish my E-mails with lot's of :-) > emoticons to more clearly convey my thoughts, and avoid giving > unintended offence. >=20 > Users of hotmail, iChat(?) and similar, have access to the more > expressive (HTML based ?) visual graphics of yellow smilies etc. > versus keyboard versions like :0( :-) !!!! I once contacted a > website provider of Emoticons to be told they aren't available for the > Mac Users >=20 > Does anyone know of any Mac version of these Smiley Emoticons which > seem to be only available for PCs ? >=20 > Then , as they say Down Under , I 'd have "no worries!" about folks > misconstruing my email messages ! :-) >=20 > Good on yer ! :-) >=20 > Cheers >=20 > Ilbert >=20 Ilbert, From what I understand, these colourful smilies require HTML email instead of plain text. In my opinion, HTML email is EVIL and should never have been invented. ;-) Just my 2=A2 Chris :-) _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/pages/members.html#Joinmuglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/