Hi,

I see this bullshit and it is annoying but - at least for me, using LINUX
Pine - there is a way to read the message:

1. Press V
2. Select the "plain text" entry
3. Press Enter

Of course, it is inconvenient.

If someone sends me HTML - it happened more times - then I must extract
it, then read it with lynx or (ough!) Netscape.

Imre

PS. Linux is THE operating system.

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Martin Green wrote:

>      Wolfgang obviously didn't have his regular ten cups of coffee this
>      morning, but he is right that MS Exchange and Outlook produce a bunch
>      of garbage that pure email readers see as attachments or trash text in
>      the message. Unfortunately, only some of it can be turned off from the
>      client. To get it all turned off requires the Exchange or Outlook
>      server settings to be correctly configured, easy if you are running it
>      at home, nearly impossible if you are trying to convince your office
>      network admin to do it for you. Only people using 'pure' email
>      packages (non LAN) such as Eudora or Agent or Pine, etc. will see this
>      trash
>
>      Incidentally, other LAN mail programs do similar stuff. I am forced to
>      use cc:Mail at work, which as you may notice, adds an attachment turd
>      too.
>
>      The problem with all these messy mail apps is that the user doesn't
>      realize he or she is annoying everyone else until someone is polite
>      (or annoyed - Wolfgang) enough to let you know what is happening. On
>      top of this, in some cases it is impossible to do anything about it
>      (cc:Mail) or the instructions are buried somewhere the average user
>      could never find (Exchange and Outlook).
>
>
>      CIAO - Martin.
>
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _______________________________
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> Subject: MS bullshit inside piclist emails?
> Author:  pic microcontroller discussion list <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> at
> Internet
> Date:    6/15/98 11:38 PM
>
>
> Today I received this message from Wolfgang Kynast (wkysag@gmx.de):
>
> -- large snip --
>
> >Hi Bo,
> >once again: PLEASE SWITCH THIS MS-BULLSHIT OFF!!!!!!!
> >You can do that by diabling 'Microsoft Exchange Rich Text Format'
> >in the adressbook.
> >Thanks,
> >Wolfgang
>
> Even though I really don't know what is going on I have now switched off the
> checkbox he mentions above in my address book. I hope this solves whatever
> problem you were experiencing with my messages. I am using the Microsoft
> Exchange ver. 4 mail client and I don't ever recall having any problems with m
y
> outgoing mail. Must be some peculiarity with this list server....
>
> Bo
>
>