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Re: MIME (was (again) Re: NFC: Re: Re: Native Fish Conservancy Digest V2 #342)
Jim Capelle wrote:
>
> Ok try this one and see If I MIMED you. Thank You. JiM C.
Well, it certainly came through as plain text, here. :-)
[It was sent via Outlook Express, tho, so who knows what that does with its
MIME OLE 5.5. ;-)]
Thanks Jim.
Wright
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wright Huntley" <huntley1 at home_com>
> To: <nfc at actwin_com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 2:46 PM
> Subject: MIME (was (again) Re: NFC: Re: Re: Native Fish Conservancy Digest
> V2 #342)
>
> > > From:
> > > "Jim Capelle" <JCapelle at tampabay_rr.com>
> > > Reply-To:
> > > nfc at actwin_com
> > > To:
> > > <nfc at actwin_com>
> > > References:
> > > 1
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Who is sending MIME format? Maybe the person or me doesn't know it's
> happening to be able to fix it. Thank You JiM C.
> > >
> >
> > BINGO! I think you have it!
> >
> > Well, *you* just sent this one in MIME 1.0, Jim. (^_^)
> >
> > It's trivial to expand your headers and see what "MIME-Version" and
> > "Content-Type" are in a message from you coming back off the list. I
> > converted the part I needed to copy and paste to "plain text," to be able
> to
> > re-post it here. It will not quote properly in Netscape Messenger. IDK
> about
> > other mail editors.
> >
> > If the font doesn't look like an old typewriter, you can be pretty sure
> it's
> > not in "plain text" in most systems.
> >
> > Robert's most recent postings have had the same problem. The auction font
> > size was so different for different items that they were not readily
> > readable, and I have a 21" high-resolution monitor! The third item would
> > have been unresolvable on a 14" monitor, for many of us.
> >
> > Failure to check the "Wrap Words?" box also makes text run off the page
> and
> > behave badly when quoted. Always set line length to well under 80
> > characters, and check that box, too, for easiest use.
> >
> > Believe us. "MIME-multipart/alternative; boundary" doesn't work for lists
> > and newsgroups, and HTML is a mess if you try to use *any* color in text
> > material or background. The "Content-Type" should always be "plain text"
> or
> > "US ASCII" or some variation thereon.
> >
> > Wright
> >
> > We now return you to your regularly scheduled vote-recount program.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 612-1467
> >
> > An aquarium is just interactive television for cats.
> >
--
Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 612-1467
An aquarium is just interactive television for cats.
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