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Re: Mime encoded messages?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:57:39 GMT
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johnneal@#saynotospam#uswest.net
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John Neal wrote:
> 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
> >
> > 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
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 as well. But I don't care. It works now:-)
-John
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>
> >
> >
> > --Todd
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