Hi Kat,

On Tuesday 04 Apr 2006 00:13, Kathleen Salkin wrote:
> Thanks ever so, Deri!  I'm sorry to say that mime settings are still
> Greek
> to me but am I correct in understanding you to say that the fault was
> in the way
> each subscriber has his or her listserv settings configured?

Yes, that's it. The "best" setting for all modern mail readers is "Normal 
LISTSERV-style header [FULLHDR]", and this is now the default for all new 
subscribers.

> I use Apple's Os X Mail app but am using the plain text setting, not the
> rich text format as I like my emails plain. ;)  I remember all the
> problems
> we had a couple of years ago when someone on this list used a Windows
> email
> software that was all graphics and it created a mess.  I don't want
> to make
> things difficult for anyone so let me know if my emails still look
> wonky.
>
> I suppose this all means I should stop checking my home emails at
> work and
> replying to them via the web!

No, its fine using the WebMail interface. If anyone sees weird "=2E" then just 
set them to [FULLHDR].


> Kat
>
> P.S. Deri, I did have a Linux box  -- well a Linux installation on a
> Pentium III
> machine -- but I got a Mac Mini last summer and have used it ever
> since.  And hey,
> Os X is built on Unix, so I'm not entirely Unix-free! ;)

So long as its not that convicted corporate criminal Microsoft?

> K
>
>
> On 3 Apr 2006, at 17:20, Deri James wrote:
>
> On Sunday 02 Apr 2006 23:31, Brent Edwards wrote:
> > Kat,
> >
> > I know you were once aware of this, but on the off chance you don't
> > know
> > that it is still going on, I offer the following in an FYI context.
> > Every email you send to the list, whether totally original, quoted, or
> > (as in the example below) forwarded from the [log in to unmask]
> > address is filled with carriage return, line feed, and in some cases
> > punctuation marks replaced with equals signs and what appears to be
> > Base
> > 16 escape codes(?). Trisha Cummings' emails have this stuff on them
> > _sometimes_, as well, but _all_ of your messages do.
> >
> > See below:
>
> Done a little furtling (not yet illegal in the UK!!).
>
> Two things I have noticed:-
>
> This happens only when Kat uses some WebMail interface (not if she
> sends from
> her Apple (hey what happened to your Linux box!!)).
>
> Even when Kat's mails contain thing like '=2E' my mail reader handles it
> correctly (I can only see they are there if I look at the "raw" email).
>
> The reason my mail reader converts these correctly is because there
> is a Mime
> Header saying the email is "quoted-printable", so logic determines that
> either your mail reader doesn't understand the Mime Headers (but
> Thunderbird
> 1.5 (your mail reader) definitely does), or the List Server is
> stripping out
> these mime headers when forwarding the message to you.
>
> Quick shufti at your list settings.....
>
> Ah, yes, your "Mail Header Style" is set to " [Special or obsolete
> header
> style]"!!! I've just changed it to "Normal LISTSERV-style header" let
> me know
> if it fixes it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
>
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