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[pct-l] Email Tip; Problem Solution



Listers and Friends,

For over a year now I have been plagued by an annoying little problem.
Whenever I post to the list, some people say they never saw my post, others
say my posts always come with an attachment.  Turns out, the attachment is
nothing more than a duplicate of my text message, but it opens a completely
new window.  Well, thanks to Birgette Jensen, I have a solution.  As it
turns out, MS Internet Explorer has a feature which allows the user too
select HTML or text when sending a post.  My browser was inadvertantly set
to HTML, and the effect was, for each post, IE automatically sent an HTML
attachment.  Some listers don't receive my posts because they have a filter
in place which screens out all email with attachments.  My solution, which I
credit completely to Birgitte, was both simple and elegant:  Go to Tools,
Options, Send, and check "Text only."  That's it!  Your browser will stop
attaching an HTML version, everybody will receive your posts, and people
will no longer be annoyed by the second window which opens every time they
read one of your posts.  A BIG public Thank You to Birgitte, who is as
sweet, kind and considerate as she is articulate.  Now people will get my
posts when they didn't before, and nobody will have to wonder about these
nonexistant attachments anymore.  Hike on!!

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