Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g6KDGuX29957; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 09:16:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 09:16:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20020720.091521.6382.1.sophocles5@juno.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "George E. Demetrion" <sophocles5@juno.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:862] Re: Information for AOL Subscribers X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 Status: O Content-Length: 2800 Lines: 81 I believe this is also a problem with MSN. I've tried to fix it, but to no avail. Consequently, I don't use MSN when sending emails. When I do, it has the carriages (=) at the end of sentences, sometimes accompanied by (=20). I've noticed a lot of listserv mesages with that problem. If this is just an issue peculair to me, perhaps one of the technical people can get back to me. If it's more general, then perhaps an adjustment will have to be made with all of the MSN subscribers. Thanks. George Demetrion sophocles5@juno.com gdemetrion@msn.com (in retirement for listserv purposes. On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:57:49 -0400 (EDT) "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> writes: >The following is from the information systems guru who provides >technical >support to all the NIFL lists. If AOL is your Internet Service >Provider, >you may experience problems in posting messages to the lists. A >recommended >solution to the problem follows in Lee's e-mail. > >* * * * > >Hi, > >List subscribers that use the embedded email client in AOL's >application for >email service have experienced problems sending email to NIFL's lists >since >the implementation of the attachment filter. Basically the problem is >that >the embedded email client that AOL provides does not provide the >capability >to send "plain text" messages. All email is sent as HTML formatted >messages which include the message body as an attachment. Hence, the >rejection of their messsages by the attachment filter. (AOL users >should >complain loudly about the lack of plain text capability to AOL.) > >Do not dispair though as I've found a solution/workaround... > >AOL provides a web based interface to AOL mail. The default format >for >email sent from AOL's web based interface is, as luck would have it, >"plain >text". > >To use AOL's web based interface to AOL mail start a browser >(Netscape, >Internet Explorer, AOL's embedded browser, etc.). Go to www.aol.com. >Near the top of the resulting page there will be a section titled "AOL >Members Sign On". Enter your screen name and password (as you would >if you >were logging into AOL's application) and click Sign On. Once logged >on the >user will be taken to a page that says Welcome <screenname>. Below >the >Welcome <screenname> is a mailbox icon. Click on the mailbox icon. >The >user will be taken to AOL's web based email interface (it looks >remarkably >like the email client embedded in AOL's application). Users will be >able to >read and send email just as they would if they were using the embedded >email >client in the AOL application with the exception that they can, by >default, >send plain text messages. > >Hope this helps. > >Lee >-- >Lashley H. Mann II | Titan Systems | www.titansystemscorp.com/testeval >
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