Date:         Mon, 18 May 1998 10:59:40 -0700
Reply-To:     "Victoria M. Wilkins" <vwilkins@DATASYNC.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Victoria M. Wilkins" <vwilkins@DATASYNC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Read: Windows 95/NT:  Submit clipboard
Comments: To: Lary Jones <ljones@BINGHAMTON.EDU>
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I too have the problem with both Internet Explorer and Lotus Notes.
 
Victoria Wilkins
 
-----Original Message-----
From:   Lary Jones [SMTP:ljones@BINGHAMTON.EDU]
Sent:   Monday, May 18, 1998 10:06 AM
To:     SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
Subject:        Re: Read: Windows 95/NT:  Submit clipboard
 
     Subject:       difficulty with messages in "winmail" format
     Summary:       mail in "winmail" format may not be readable; best to
                      stick to monofont ascii
     Respondent: Lary Jones <ljones@binghamton.edu>
 
 
At 11:50 AM 5/18/98 -0400, Michel Guillet wrote:
>Attachment Converted: "c:\program files\buick95\eudora\attach\winmail1.dat"
 
This is the entire text of this message as I received it.  Question:  Do
others have problems with mail in "winmail" format?
 
I am not trying to fault Michel Guillet specifically.  His message is merely
an illustrative instance of a problem with messages in "winmail" format.
Many times all I am getting is notification of an attachment which is not
readible by Word, WordPerfect, or any of the other editors I have at hand.
I am using the latest release of Eudora Light (3.05).  I mention this
because I want to let those sending mail in this format to know that their
messages may not be reaching a number of other subscribers.  I think it is
still good practice to send mail:
 
1) using a monofont (even spacing helps with debugging data problems)
2) ascii text (so everyone can read it), not html or specialized formats
3) limited to < 80 characters per line
3) with an identifying header _in the body of the message_ -- some mailers
   strip out much of the mail header.
 
Thanks,
Lary Jones
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