At 06:49 PM 8/31/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Marvin, this came out as an unviewable HTML and PLAIN text document on my
>end that PINE's external viewer couldn't handle. When I replied it came
Eudora assumes it's an attachment and puts it in a file; I end up with
hundreds of stupid little files called "reoldcom" or whatever. PITA.
>this problem of posting their messages in HTML. I think you guys should
>be able to configure your mail program to send only unencoded plain text.
On the other hand, this particular Marvin (not the one we're used to) is a)
probably a CPA and thus perhaps not truly computer literate (why else would
he be dumping perfectly good 486's?) and b) not subscribed to the list, so
unless you BCC'ed him, he didn't get it. (Probably wouldn't get it anyway.)
Keep in mind, folks, that the list is echoed to a web site. If someone
does a search on, say, "Altair", they're going to find several of the pages
with list messages. They'll then send a message to the address listed (the
list) asking how much their Altair is worth, or what have you. Probably
without checking the date, btw, which is why we occasionally see messages
like "I see you are searching for a rare commodore 64 power supply; I can
sell you one for $199 plus shipping" when no one's been looking for a C PS
for months.
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Received on Thu Sep 03 1998 - 18:24:10 BST