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Well said Reeve. In addition, since I read 99.9 percent of the list server messages via the "preview" window. I no longer see the top of the message; I only see that ugly thing that is put there to tell me that the thing took an ugly message format and made it readable. Seems ironic to me. Bob Cozzi cozzi@rpgiv.com Visit the new on-line iSeries Forums at: http://www.rpgiv.com/forum > -----Original Message----- > From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com] On > Behalf Of Reeve Fritchman > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:54 PM > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com > Subject: RE: Do we need to see "This message is in MIME format...? > > They bother me, and I'm sure they bother RPG400-L participants overseas > paying by the character. > > I quote (from 19 August 2001): > > Folks: > > PLEASE pay attention to how much of the previous message you are quoting ... > there is almost no situation where quoting the entire message is actually > necessary. Please pare the quotes down to just those parts that are > necessary to make references. > > In addition, if you are responding to a"n" excessively quoted message, > please remove the excess. > > Thanks! > > david > > What's the difference? It seems to me we're quoting a lame system message > (as compared to a lame participant) needlessly. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On > Behalf Of David Gibbs > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:45 PM > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com > Subject: Re: Do we need to see "This message is in MIME format...? > > > > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not > understand > > > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > > -- > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > > Some (too many) messages start with the above 4 lines. Couldn't that be > chopped away by > > the program that extracts the plain text from the MIME format it was sent > in? > > > > Why bother people (other than the sender of the message) with this > nonsense? > > > > Alternatively, bounce back HTML mail to the sender. That way they'll > learn! :) > > It is no longer a requirement that people send messages in plaintext. > The list software extracts plaintext or converts it, and sends out only > plaintext. > > As for the headers ... they don't bother me. Don't let them bother > you either. > > david > > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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