[WEB4LIB] re: non-text messages to the list

[Dan Lester]

This isn't surprising at all.  First, they could be different software
packages.  Second, they could be configured differently.

And though it doesn't affect the different results you got, how
various email clients handle (or don't handle) these things will vary
(further compounded by how they're configured).

All of the above are why I advise members of the dozen lists I manage
to talk to their local email gurus about almost any mail problem they
have.

cheers

dan


Monday, February 05, 2001, 10:49:11 AM, you wrote:

WWG> Now this is interesting. The attached message was sent to web4lib
WWG> and libnetcat. The wbe4lib version consisted of 

WWG> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
WWG> *         ---REMAINDER OF MESSAGE TRUNCATED---            *

WWG> etc., but the libnetcat version included the *text* below, plus
WWG> the line at the bottom that states

WWG> "[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]"

WWG> Obviously, the list management software used by either list
WWG> treats the message content rather differently.

WWG> ---

WWG> Walter Giesbrecht                               walterg at yorku.ca
WWG> Data Librarian                         (416) 736-2100 ext. 77551
WWG> York University                                          113 SSB
WWG> ----------------------------------------------------------------
WWG>  "Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his 
WWG>   books" -- Rudyard Kipling

WWG> -------- Original Message --------
WWG> Subject: [libnetcat] What's New on Academic Info - January 2001
WWG> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 09:43:12 -0800
WWG> From: "Mike Madin" <madin at academicinfo.net>
WWG> To: <libnetcat at yahoogroups.com>

WWG> Dear Colleagues,

WWG> In January Academic Info added 448 entries to our growing
WWG> directory of Internet resources.

WWG> You can browse our What's New for January page at
WWG> http://www.academicinfo.net/new012001.html . It's a lengthy list
WWG> so can take a minute to load over slower connections.

WWG> You can always view the current month's new entries at
WWG> http://www.academicinfo.net/new.html .

WWG> Academic Info was mentioned in the Jan. 25 New York Times
WWG> Circuits section: see
WWG> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/25/technology/25SEAR.html?pagewanted=all
WWG> .

WWG> Thanks for reading and your comments and suggestions are always
WWG> welcome.

WWG> Mike Madin
WWG> Academic Info
WWG> Seattle

WWG> http://www.academicinfo.net/



WWG> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



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