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Re: testing in rtl...
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Wed, 28 May 2003 17:02:49 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> > So how does this FTX stuff work for sending messages by mail. Is this
> > [bold]?
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> It seems like there's a "is this FTX?" bit set for each message.
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.
> 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...
If your newsreader or e-mail editor allows you to set arbitrary headers, you
could post in FTX by setting the headers...
> 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 :(
What's ugly about it? It degenerates just fine to plain text.
--Todd
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Take 2... I like it Todd, don't change a thing... I notice that web-links in indented messages (from posting replies) aren't actually underlining... but I'm sure someone mentioned that elsewhere... Take care and keep up the great work. The (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| (...) Does it? From the sounds of things it seemed like people who read posts via NNTP or SMTP were just seeing the raw FTX codes rather than the real text-- is that only in some readers? IE is there something out there that recognizes that [foobar] (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) 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. (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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