ÆØÅ, æøå. Best, Josrein Den 24. februar 2016 21.46.55 CET, skrev Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org>: > >I've experienced this problem last week (and I've seen it 1-2 times >before): >certain messages would not get posted to the list no matter what, while > >other messages go through without any problem. >It is similar to what a few others have experienced, including Nicole. > >The root of the problem is the symbols that can sneak in ... > Essentially, if there is any non-ASCII symbol (more exactly, 8-bit >symbol, the e-mail program may (or in some cases should?) send the >message >differently, even though it is a text-only message. The program would >use >so-called "MIME" format, where the message would appear as a >"multi-part". >And that is most likely treated by Doug's server software (mailman) as >a >message with an attachment. So, the message is not passed through. > >[Geek_Language On] >When that happen, the headers of the message would have lines as these >three: > >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: multipart/mixed; >BOUNDARY="518673661-1546572836-1455812812=:60197" > .... > >And then the body of the message would be starting with: > >--518673661-1546572836-1455812812=:60197 >Content-Type: text/plain; FORMAT=flowed; CHARSET=UTF-8 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT > >And even though here, it is "Content-Type: text/plain", the line >"Content-Type: multipart/mixed;" in the headers. > > >For comparison, when this doesn't happen, the header lines look like >this: >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; FORMAT=flowed; CHARSET=US-ASCII > >[Geek Language Off (mostly)] > >What can cause this? That can happen if you are copying some text from >the >website that contains either some non-English symbols, or some >Microsoftified symbols (e.g. "..." replaced with a single symbol). > >That's why I asked Nicole about the mail program that she used. >Godfrey's response is consistent with that Apple Mail might be doing >the >same. > >Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> Same as I use, Nicole. Be sure to set Mail to default to plain text >> only. I find that occasionally it switches to rich text on replies, >so I >> always check the mode before sending. > >So, I hope this information would be helpful. >If you have problems responding to or sending a particular message, >check >if all symbols are just plain ASCII symbols (as in 7-bit English >letters). > > >Igor > >PS. In my case, the program is alpine.
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