[Dx-qsl] Postings.

Thu Oct 10 16:45:00 2002

> 
> From: "John E Bastin, K8AJS" <[email protected]>
> Date: 2002/10/10 Thu PM 02:51:06 EDT
> To: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Postings.
> 
> At 2:15 PM -0400 10/10/02, [email protected] wrote:
> >        I send my postings in plain text, but they appear with a
> >        message that they were in html.
> >
> >        Why?
> >
> >        Tony G4UZN (again.............)
> >
> >
> >--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---
> >multipart/alternative
> >   text/plain (text body -- kept)
> >   text/html
> >The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML
> >or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed.
> >Please post in Plain-Text only.---
> 
> AOL versions 6 and 7 does its very best to make it impossible to send 
> plain text e-mail. When people complained about the problem, they 
> learned that AOL does not see it as a problem, AOL thinks that the 
> future of e-mail is HTML and has no intention of correcting it.
> 
> There are work-arounds that _may_ work for you. Check this link
> 
> http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/#aol6html
> 
> where you'll find a good explanation of what is going on, and some 
> suggestions that may help force plain text mail from the AOL craw.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> 73,
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Maybe this is one reason AOL is losing money.  Users are finding more user friendly IPSs, espically ones that listen to their users problems.
                                   John Bergman, KC5LK
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