Friends-- by having the campus techies DELETE massages from the Sampers, P.
Kidd, and Gev.Irani I have again been able to read my email,which was
unavailable since Saturday.
Murray Charters was right when he said the problem was with ATTACHMENTS on
their" MS Outlook 8.5" mail programs--apprently the system sends ths
*signature etc* as an attacjhment, and the sender isn't even aware of this!
But those who,like me, use Eudora can't open them, and then can't get past
them to read anything following!
Murray wrote in part:
Hi All,
I think the problem with attachments being inadvertently sent to the
List stems from MS Internet Mail or MS Exchange and it's inherent RTF
(Rich Text Format) which it uses to send formatting to others who
have the same program. Please see that your e-mail is text only and
does not have the RTF box checked.
Netscape offers a service called Inbox Direct that sends messages in
HTML code. Some people may unknowingly use this feature to submit
messages that are best read with a web browser. Again, please try to
send only plain text ASCII files.
Still others do not bother to configure their e-mail to a limit of 76
characters per line. Thus the messages that are one long line.
If senders are concerned with recipients being able to easily read
the contents of their messages then please send plain text, word
wrapped to 76 characters per line.
Thanks all and all the best......Murray
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This is a serioous inconvenience, especially on weekends when help is not
available--unfiortunately Abi's idea of deleting the messages myself won;t
work, as I can't even OPEN them!
I plan to ask Barb Patterson if she can add something re: this to the
welcome message for new members---a warning about a problem they may not be
aware of.
Please be careful, of these *inadvertant* attachments, as well as the ones
we are asked NOT to add deliberately!
Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 80/9
Oxford, OH
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