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Hi Eric -

>Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:06:47 -0800 
>From: Eric Kempter <eric.kempter@RobertMondavi.com>
>Subject: RE: Re[2]: A silent Y2K bug 
>
>Come on folks.  There is no reason why people shouldn't have HTML
compatible e-mail processor >by now.

Even HTML compatible e-mail programs won't handle HTML or attachments that
are embedded in the *digests*!

I'm using Outlook, which will handle all of that stuff just fine in
individual messages, but I do Midrange-L and RPG400-L in digest mode, and
that stuff comes through in its raw format.  Which means for attachments I
get stuff that looks like this ...

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I won't mention any names, but that was in a Midrange-L digest from
yesterday.

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone else.

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