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4 posts · Nov 23 2002 to Nov 23 2002

Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 09:13:32 -0000

Subject: Previous message (sort of test)

I noticed that my first posting came up all F^%$Â£d on the archive, was this
because I sent it in html format rather than plain text.??

From: Indy Kochte <kochte@s...>

Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 07:23:55 -0500 (EST)

Subject: Re: Previous message (sort of test)

> On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Gary Jeffery wrote:

> I noticed that my first posting came up all F^%$£d on the archive, was

Quite possibly. You should always send in plain text format. Not every mailer
interprets html format the same, or at all.

Mk

From: Roger Burton West <roger@f...>

Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 18:48:08 +0000

Subject: Re: Previous message (sort of test)

> On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 07:23:55AM -0500, Dances With Rocks wrote:

The archive server uses mhonarc to convert list mail to HTML pages. It tries
to read the HTML versions of messages, but isn't terribly good at it; most of
us on the list prefer plain text anyway, I think...

R

From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>

Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 14:59:45 -0500

Subject: Re: Previous message (sort of test)

> >> I noticed that my first posting came up all F^%$Â£d on the

One of the rules of the list is: "Thou Shalt Send Plain Text and No
Attachments". The reason, IIRC, is that it screws up the digest version.