[WEB4LIB] RE: Can anyone help?

[Thomas Dowling]

> >
> > On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 06:39:16AM -0800, Masters, Gary E wrote:
> > > I remember seeing a message that there were two parts and by some
skill we
> > > could see one of the parts.  But it has never worked for me either.

> > You can't.  What you see below is what was sent.  There are no extra
> > parts.
> >
> > -Mark (a mutt user)

> Au contraire, I usually receive 'other parts' - if you use Mutt, open
the
> email, then press the 'v' key and see what happens...
>
> Raymond (also a Mutt user :)
>

Au contraire^2.  How you view multi-part messages in your mail client
isn't the point: the Web4Lib list no longer distributes multi-part
messages.  When Web4Lib tells you, "This message has been truncated..." it
really and truly means that the rest of the message was not sent by the
server, not received by your mail client, and not viewable.

The solution is to (politely) contact authors off-list, point out the fact
that their message didn't go through completely, and ask for a copy, or
for a plain text version posted to the list.


Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu