HI Jim and Gene, Jim Stevenson wrote: > Hi. > > What are all those strange characters starting with =? > > They seem to clutter up posts with mime attached html. > They are generated by Winblow$ and its email programs, > and unix can not decode them. > > I would much appreciate a copy of this post > without the strange chars starting with =? >
Gene's email message was: <begin quote> Hi guys: I haven't used mail on my mac that much untill last night, I actually replied to a message that was sent a few weeks back and never saw my reply and now I know why. It seems that mail thinks that I need to have authorization checked on the smtp server but it doesn't require authorization so because of this I can't send mail via my macbook. I thought I had checked every square inch of the prefferences I went through the general tab, the accounts tab and everything else I could find but I did not see where I could tell mail that my smtp server does not require authorization. Can anybody help me? Thank you! Gene <end quote> I've noticed that this behavior (of the various odd character breaks associated with mime attached HTML) can occur when users are trying to send out mail that gets stopped at the server, and it may also occur because they have the option to send "Windows-friendly attachments" checked under the "Attachments" submenu of the "Edit" menu on mail's menu bar when their mail-out is interrupted. Under Leopard, the default mail preference setting is (I think) to use Rich Text format for composing, but to respond using the same message format (plain or rich text) as the original message. (These options are under "Composing" in mail preferences; Command-comma to bring up preferences.) I'm not sure why the requirement to authorize the smtp server comes up, by I have occasionally seen this come up for MobileMe. The explanation I've heard is that a few of their mail servers may have certificates with expiration dates that are past. This happens rarely, but usually, if I just accept the certificate, the message will go off. If it doesn't, I'll have an Outbox under my mailboxes with the unsent message. I can almost always send these off by going to the web version of MobileMe and sending out the mail, but it's much easier if the (unsent) messages were saved as drafts. Sometimes, the messages that get released or forwarded will be in the HTML format that Jim notes, because the replies are going to Windows message formats. Another thing I've heard of is that a particular ISP will place restrictions on connecting to mail servers other than the ones they operate as part of their anti-spam policies. This seems to affect new mail sent out (that trigger whatever restrictions they have in place but not mail sent as replies. Again, this part of my post refers to Gene's queries about why mail sometimes stays in the Outbox and does not get sent. Maybe others can chime in with suggestions. Cheers, Esther --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
