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Posted in 2004

Dirk Moolman — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:00:01 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C46D98.AF4030B7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I keep getting reminded that I am using mime, but people on the mailing = list. =20 I do not have control over the mail I send out from my exchange server. = Due to the spam filter being used, the mail gets converted to MIME after = I hit the "send" button - even if I specify it to be text ...... :-( =20 So I do apologise, but my mail won't send text. =20 =20 =20 =20 Dirk Moolman Database and Unix Administrator MXGROUP =20 =20 "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of = thought which they seldom use."=20 -Kierkegaard=20 =20 ________________________________ << ella for Spam Control >> has removed 286 Spam messages and set aside = 43 Newsletters for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! www.ellaforspam.com=09 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C46D98.AF4030B7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> I keep getting reminded that I am using mime, but people on the = mailing list.   I do not have control over the mail I send out from my exchange = server. Due to the spam filter being used, the mail gets converted to MIME after = I hit the “send” button – even if I specify it to be text = ......    L   So I do apologise, but my mail won’t send = text.         Dirk Moolman Database and Unix Administrator MXGROUP     "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the = freedom of thought which they seldom use." -Kierkegaard   </div> </body> </html> <hr><table border=3D"1" cellpadding=3D"8" = cellspacing=3D"0" bgcolor=3D"#FFFF99" bordercolor=3D"#999999"><tr><td = align=3D"center">&lt&lt ella for Spam Control &gt&gt = has removed 286 Spam messages and set aside = 43 Newsletters for me You can use it too - and it's = FREE!&nbsp&nbsp<a = href=3D"http://www.ellaforspam.com">www.ellaforspam.com</a></td></= tr></table>=00 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C46D98.AF4030B7-- sending to informix-list

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Richard Harnden — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:46:46 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Dirk Moolman wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C46D98.AF4030B7 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I keep getting reminded that I am using mime, but people on the mailing = > list. The blame lies with whomever decided that plain ascii wasn't enough for email, not you, so don't take it personally. > I do not have control over the mail I send out from my exchange server. = > Due to the spam filter being used, the mail gets converted to MIME after = > I hit the "send" button - even if I specify it to be text ...... :-( Then your spam filter is broken. In any case, why would you need a spam filter for *outgoing* mail? > << ella for Spam Control >> has removed 286 Spam messages and set aside = > 43 Newsletters for me > You can use it too - and it's FREE! www.ellaforspam.com=09 A spam control which, er, spams. Nice. > <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> Word is a really bad program for email. Considered Notes? ;) > sending to informix-list It would be nice if informix-list stripped the MIME/html bits. -- rh

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malcolm — 20 Jul 2004 01:16:12 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Dirk Moolman" <DirkM@mxgroup.co.za> wrote in message news:<cdgkqn$fe3$1@news.xmission.com>... > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C46D98.AF4030B7 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I keep getting reminded that I am using mime, but people on the mailing = > list. > > =20 > > I do not have control over the mail I send out from my exchange server. = > Due to the spam filter being used, the mail gets converted to MIME after = > I hit the "send" button - even if I specify it to be text ...... :-( > > =20 > > So I do apologise, but my mail won't send text. > (much more snipped) Dirk, I appreciate the problem. I recently replied to a message from a non-standard mail interface and found that I had accidentally sent MIME and also that I had cross-posted to a number of lists. And the abuse I received addressed to me personally and not to the list(s) had to be seen to be believed. I know that mime takes a lot more bandwidth but the action of telling peoiple about it also uses a lot of bandwidth. I often think that many people on the internet are too concerned with a sense of their own importance and they don't think about those of us who don't spend all day waiting for a message to make fun of or ridicule. And often these same people take on a different persona on the internet. Yor never really know who you are talking to. regards Malcolm

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