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Subject: 
Re: testing in rtl...
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date: 
Wed, 28 May 2003 16:46:45 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
So how does this FTX stuff work for sending messages by mail.  Is this
[bold]?

It seems like there's a "is this FTX?" bit set for each message. Hence, every
message is either flagged as plain text or as FTX. Since yours (I assume) comes
in via SMTP, I think it must get automatically set to be plain text rather than
FTX. So anyone posting via email or NNTP probably doesn't get to use the FTX
codes... I assume, though, that Todd will write something up to filter them out
for those who actually have to read Lugnet via SMTP or NNTP, since otherwise
messages will quickly start looking ugly :(

DaveE



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(...) It's a Content-Type header. The content type is set to 'x-ftx'...although this is causing some trouble for people so it'll probably change to 'text/plain' and a different header would be used. (...) If your newsreader or e-mail editor allows (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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(...) As a person that reads the rtl group through email, I can see the FTX stuff getting very annoying. :-) All I get to see is the codes. And it's wrapping the urls enough that the mail client doesn't interpret the links. So how does this FTX (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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