What's with the raw HTML?

From: Wirehead Prime <wirehead_at_retrocomputing.com>
Date: Sat Mar 14 12:23:59 1998

Here's what I think the answer is:

X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3

Often, when I read email coming out of funky MicroSatan email software, I
get the bizarro HTMLesque stuff...especially when I use PINE on one of my
Linux boxes, which is pretty much the email software I use always.

I don't think the sender INTENDS to send out HTML. If you really look
close at such messages, you will see an actual message in there somewhere
buried amongst the tags. And I've had friends send me email with exactly
the same results which, when read on a client like Eudora or Netscape,
look fairly normal. Because it's a MIME-multipart message, I think it
contains a plaintext version of the message AND the HTML-ified version,
which is what your plaintext email reader is seeing while Eudora and
Netscape can pick out the plaintext version.

The solution is to turn away from MicroSatan and turn your eyes, instead,
upon the glorious light of Linux. =-D

Anthony Clifton - Wirehead

 On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Bruce Lane wrote:

> Rant mode on...
>
> Is it just me, or are others on the list not pleased about what seems to
> be a sudden influx of raw HTML code posted here?
>
> Sorry to be such a snit about this, but wading through that crap is making
> it a lot harder to read the articles. The Web is not the Internet, and the
> Internet is not the web. Last time I checked, CLASSICCMP was a TEXT-BASED
> mailing list.
>
> Rant mode off. We now return to our regularly scheduled posts. ;-) BTW, I
> would ask those who are posting raw HTML code to please stop!
>
>
>
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