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Re: Mime encoded messages?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:46:53 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.net*IHateSpam*
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, John Neal writes:
> > Todd-
> >
> > Sometimes when I create a link I get a "mime encoded" message and I
> > cannot post. What, exactly, does this mean? What confuses me is that
> > is appears to be random; these are never binary links, but normal URL
> > say to ebay for instance.
> >
> > Confused in Brickland,
> > John
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> MIME stands for Multi-part Internet Mail Exchange (or something to that
> effect, I forget exactly what). If it's refusing to accept your message,
> you must accidentally be posting it with a 'Content-Type:' header of
> 'multipart/mixed' or 'multipart/alternative' or equivalent. Check your
> newsreader settings and make sure that it's saying always to send messages
> as plaintext, never as HTML or MIME.
Ah. I thought that if I sent messages in plaintext only, I wouldn't be able
to hyperlink. I'll try it.
-John
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> --Todd
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| (...) Okay, thanks, Todd. It worked, although I'm not sure why because I have sent mixed types before. Sometimes I am prompted whether I want to send mixed, sometimes I'm not. Even when I have indicated that I do want to send mixed, it has worked (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) MIME stands for Multi-part Internet Mail Exchange (or something to that effect, I forget exactly what). If it's refusing to accept your message, you must accidentally be posting it with a 'Content-Type:' header of 'multipart/mixed' or (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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