Date:         Tue, 23 May 2000 09:08:37 -0700
Reply-To:     BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
Subject:      Re: MIME Message! (non-vw related)
Comments: To: Brian T Bolding <eskimocha@NETZERO.NET>
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Brian, and others suffering the digest mode:

Unfortunately, this problem is only going to get worse.  You see, Microsoft
Outlook 2000 pretty much forces html (what you are referring to as "MIME" is
actually html code).  There is no way to turn it off, unless you turn it off
for the entire company on the Exchange Server.  This is a known bug, and
Microsoft has yet to rectify the problem (as of a couple of weeks ago).  As
more and more people "upgrade" to Office 2000, this problem will become more
prevalent.

A better solution would be to upgrade the listserv software so that it can
handle and parse the html code in the digest mode.  Certainly, this must be
available.  (Tom??)

Face it folks, the world is moving to html-based e-mail.  It provides people
with a "richer" experience (I always love it when I get e-mails from people
in red text on a black and yellow background).

BTW, you can recognize html code by the prevalence of stuff like:

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>aux. battery</p>
<p><b>tires</b></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma"><b>Vanagon</b>Syncro</font></p>
<p><br>
</p>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Brian T Bolding
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 11:35 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: MIME Message! (non-vw related)
>
>
> gosh! there is sooo much MIME in these emails in the digest
> version it's
> really a pain to read the emails. Can everyone PLEASE turn
> off their HTML or
> Microsoft Rich Text in your Outlook program or other email programs?
>
> thanx
>
> brian in dallas
>
> http://www.geocities.com/eskimocha/
>
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