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I just printed out Larry's message and found 3 pp. of message and 12 of
trash code.

Lion Gardiner



Michael Sweet wrote:

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>Poster:       Michael Sweet <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      The"horrible e-mail" problem on this list
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>A guess is that people are sending HTML formatted messages to the list and
>either the list server, a mail server somewhere in between, or individual's
>e-mail clients are not able to recognize and display HTML.  So you see the
>HTML code instead of the prettied-up text that the HTML is supposed to
>render.
>
>I use Outlook Express and I know that it defaults to HTML-formatted
>messages.  Even when you set the default to "Plain Text" sometimes when
>*replying* it still wants to run home to mama and format in HTML--you must
>manually set it to "Plain Text" on a message-by-message basis.  (Unless
>there is some hidden setting I have not found.)
>
>So. . . if no server-related setting can be fiddled-with, I recommend folks
>take special care to ensure they are sending "Plain Text" messages to the
>list and see if that helps.
>
>Just my $.02.
>
>(I am sending this as "Plain Text."  Hope you can read it!)
>
>-Michael
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