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RE: [OM] OT: email pollution!

Subject: RE: [OM] OT: email pollution!
From: Matthias Wilke <Matthias.K.Wilke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:15:23 +0200
Very convincing, the following discussion !

>Getting rid of the additional data sent from Outlook 97 would be:
>Tools\Services\Internet Mail\Properties\Message Format\Use Mime = unchecked
>
>Note that this would be from the outlook inbox but NOT in a message.
>
>If you need additional help email me directly.
>
>Rgds,
>
>Dave
>
>dbulger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Jan Steinman [SMTP:jans@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent:  Tuesday, January 12, 1999 7:00 PM
>To:    olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject:       [OM] OT: email pollution!
>
>Why is the digest including attachments all of a sudden? I'm getting a
>WINMAIL.DAT file with each digest. I don't do Windows. I don't want Bill
>Gates putting files on my computer. First, he destroys Netscape, now is he
>going to force Windows email protocols on everyone? I want my email in
>plain text, thank you!
>
>Also, many of us who use plain text email clients end up scrolling through
>tons of data that Outlook is apparently helpfully including. One person's
>one-line reply ended up being perhaps hundreds of lines of hex data. I've
>privately corresponded with a couple people to try to solve the problem, to
>no avail. One said he turned MIME off, the other couldn't find such a
>switch, and would appreciate some help. Can someone describe how to make
>Microsoft email products behave?
>
>Sorry to be such a curmudgeon, but PLEASE, folks -- this is a high-traffic
>list. Please trim quotes to a minimum, turn off HTML, MIME, special fonts,
>and any other "embellishments," and don't include attachments -- no vcards,
>face picts, nothing! Your words of wisdom are quite enough un-embellished!
>:-)
>
>Thanks!
>
>: Jan Steinman <mailto:jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>: 19280 Rydman Court, West Linn, OR 97068-1331 USA
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...and so on...

Matthias




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