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Re: Test Test 3


-----Original Message-----
From: LUDWIK KOWALSKI <KOWALSKIL@alpha.montclair.edu>


Richard Tarara asks about my mailer. I am using the system on our campus
VAX-VMS machine. It is 100% ASCII, not equiped with new features.

Which, I believe, is at the heart of the problem. The e-mail world has
simply passed by these 'ancient' systems. HTML formatted messages (some
with embedded animated .gifs) and file attachments are becoming more and
more prevalent. I abandoned our PINE software 2 years ago, although many on
our campus are still stuck with it. If Jim is sending as Plain Text then
usually the only other choice is between MIME and Uencode. I think some of
the Unix systems prefer the Uencode to MIME, but I'm not sure.

Rick