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> </p>
<p>aux. battery</p>
<p><b>tires</b></p>
<p><font =
face="Tahoma"><b>Vanagon</b>Syncro</font&g=
t;</p>
<p><br>
</p>
</body>
</html>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C=
OM]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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