Rex Teague wrote: > >IMO... good on the new software! Lets keep the archives and >download times lean and mean by switching our emailers to TEXT >only. My version of Pegasus emailer does that by default. ;-) > There are two possible causes.
First, it may be an anti-virus thing. If you look at the Norton site (www.symantec.com) for instance as I have just done, the latest edition - Norton's Anti Virus 2003 - automatically detects and blocks viruses in incoming emails. So if an ISP is using Nortons or equivalent AV software with the same features, the emails go through with the viruses blocked - ie, unable to do any harm to the enduser system. Similarly if the enduser's AV software detects and blocks viruses automatically, the same thing will happen. Unfortunately, the virus-blocking also takes the rest of the email off the screen so the only way to read it is to look at 'Message Source' or equivalent in the main menu. Second, it may simply be updated earthlink list software. All the attachment messages forwarded from globalnews before 17 Aug have the message text in plain english followed by an HTML version. All those forwarded after that date (when I suspect earthlink updated its software) have the plain english text followed by a few lines of ordinary code then "ATTACHMENT AUTOMATICALLY REMOVED" followed by another line of ordinary code. Roger
