I just got the successfully received email from PDML, but I had to type out the entire URL to keep it plain text. Cheers, Christine
On Dec 9, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Even though what the Mail app sends isn't strict plain ASCII, it's > plain enough so the PDML listserver doesn't reject it. > > I expect that the problem is as soon as you embed a link, the Mail app > turns it into HTML markup (a hotlink) and changes the content type of > the mail body to accomodate that. *That* is what the PDML then rejects > as being too modern for us old fuddy-duddies. > > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > wrote: >> oy, it's not working. I just tried again. >> >> Godfrey, I don't understand this sentence: >> >>> Mail app on iOS does not send ASCII text, but text sent from the Plain >>> Text app goes as plain text. >> >> >> From my iPad, I send emails all the time to PDML with no problems. >> What's the difference between the "Mail app" and the "Plain Text app"? >> >> sorry to be such a tech ditz. >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> >> >> On Dec 9, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The PDML list server rejects anything that isn't plain ASCII text. The >>> >>> You'll see another link in which I copied a link to a photo on DropBox >>> , put it into a message in Plain Text, and sent that to the PDML. >>> >>> Works very nicely. >>> >>> Godfrey >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi Gang: >>>> >>>> I just tried to send a test email which included a hot link to a photo >>>> located in my public folder >>>> in my dropbox app. The photo is given its own URL address, so there >>>> should be no problem, >>>> right? >>>> >>>> But there is a problem--it never posted successfully. I just did a 2nd >>>> test without the link, and >>>> that email posted successfully. >>>> >>>> The other variable is that I'm doing all of this from my iPad, which is >>>> what I want to do, that is, >>>> I've been trying to figure out a way where I could 1) import photo via >>>> Apple card reader to >>>> iPad (check: I have the adapter that allows me to do this), 2) render the >>>> RAW image (check: >>>> I have plenty of photo apps that allow me to do this), 3) then upload >>>> photo to share via the >>>> web (here's the motivation for the dropbox test). >>>> >>>> So do you think our PDML account is reading the dropbox link as some kind >>>> of spam and >>>> blocking it? >>>> >>>> If dropbox doesn't work, I'll have to try another solution. I'd really >>>> like to avoid flickr. Any other >>>> options I should consider? >>>> >>>> Cheers, Christine >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Godfrey >>> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
