> Hi, these days, many people use OutlookExpress to send mail. It can use HTML
> format to send mail.
> My question is:
> My majordomo runs OK when user send plan text. But it fails to identify the
> text in the HTML format of mail.
>
> How to configure the majordomo to support HTML format mail's request.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan Lee
Hi!
Some weeks ago there was a discussion about HTML messages sent to
majordomo.
I send to you the following 2 messages I saved from that discussion, maybe
you can write to some of the people involved.
Hope it helps!
Edgar Mendoza
UNAM - DCAA
edma@exodus.dcaa.unam.mx
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:15:01 -0600 (MDT)
From: Mark J Bradakis <mjb@cs.utah.edu>
To: Majordomo-Users@GreatCircle.COM
A common problem seen on mailing lists is email posted with control
characters,
binary attachments, strange non-ASCII formatting, etc. These problems are
commonly caused because Microsoft in particular has some bizarre ideas
about
what the defaults of their email clients should be (e.g. sending email
with
HTML tags). Below is information on how you might be able to configure
some
of the more popular email clients to be able to send email as normal ASCII
text.
Outlook 97: Under Tools/Services/Internet Mail/Properties/Message Format:
Make sure the checkbox for "Use MIME when sending message" is not
checked.
Under "Character Set", select US ASCII.
Outlook 98: Under Tools/Options/Mail Format:
For Message Format, change "Send in this message formet" to "Plain
Text".
Under "Signature," do not attach a vCard.
Netscape 4: Under Edit/Preferences/Mail&Groups/Messages:
Make sure that the checkbox for "By Default, send HTML messages" is
not
checked.
Netscape 4: Under Edit/Preferences/Mail&Groups/Identity:
Make sure that the checkbox for "Always attach Address Book Card to
messages" is not checked.
Microsoft Exchange: The following is from www.annoyances.org/win95:
A good way to piss people off on the Internet is to repeatedly fill
their
mailbox with the useless WINMAIL.DAT attachments that Microsoft
Exchange
insists on including. Since Exchange supports rich-text email (bold,
italic, multiple fonts, etc.), and Internet email doesn't, any email
sent
from Exchange to a non-Exchange mail reader will contain an Attachment
called WINMAIL.DAT. If you use Exchange, you won't see this file, and
the
message will retain its formatting. However, it can be confusing for
those
who don't use Exchange (the majority of the Internet population), and
have no use for this file. Here's how to turn it off:
Step #1:
Double-click on the Mail and Fax icon in Control Panel.
Click on the Services tab, and select Internet Mail from the
list. If
Internet Mail is not listed, click Add to add this service.
Click Properties, and then Message Format.
Turn off the option that reads Use MIME when sending messages.
Click OK and then OK again.
Step #2:
Double-click on the name of each recipient in your Address Book.
Turn off the option that reads Always send to this recipient in
Microsoft rich-text format.
This option needs to be set for each recipient of a message - if
even one has this turned on, all recipients will still get the
attachment.
Microsoft Exchange: The following is from www.annoyances.org/win95:
Let me guess; You've figured out how to turn off Rich Text in Exchange
so
you can send email to anyone on the Internet without the useless
WINMAIL.DAT file, but now Exchange has put an equals sign "=" at the
end
of each line. To fix this bug in Exchange, do the following:
Open the Internet Mail Properties window, and click on the General
tab.
Select Message Format, and then Character Set.
Change the character set from ISO-8859-2 to US ASCII.
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 18:30:36 +0200
From: Thomas Gramstad <thomasg@ifi.uio.no>
To: "St - Musaic.Net" <st.einar@musaic.net>
Cc: majordomo-users@GreatCircle.COM
Subject: Re: Exchange
> I administer three lists and have configured them all to
> reject messages composed with "help" of HTML. Some email
> clients has HTML enabled by default ie. Outlook Express
> and Exchange. I know how to turn off HTML in OE, but today
> I received an email from a list member saying:
[...]
> Is there anyone on the list who can tell me how to turn off
> HTML permanently in Exchange? Actually, if anyone is using
> Eudora and other common email clients I would welcome
> instructions on these too! :)
This is the standard letter I use:
---
Your message was coded in html, instead of the plain text format.
Please turn off html coding in future messages to me or to mailing
lists. See instructions about this at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/listowners/html-off.htm or
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/nomime.html.
Regards,
Thomas Gramstad
thomasg@ifi.uio.no
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