On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Debra Douglass wrote:

>  >>If the sender of a message used almost any HTML-aware email client
>  >>other than Eudora, the "package" received by LISTSERV will contain
>  >>two copies of the message text, separated by MIME headers. One copy
>  >>will be plain text, the other will be HTML-ized. This keyword setting
>  >>causes LISTSERV to remove the MIME attachment containing the HTML
>  >>from the message before processing.
>  >>
>  >>If the sender used Eudora, there will be only one copy of the text, with
>  >>embedded HTML. Consequently, the HTML will not (cannot) be removed by
>  >>LISTSERV.
>
> The HTML/NOHTML keywords do not work like that. They only work for altering
>  the way LISTSERV creates Digests and Indexes, not for altering
>  individual mailing list posts. LISTSERV does not alter the text of
>  individual posts.


Are you sure? My co-owner and I ran a test this morning, and Listserv
successfully stripped the HTML coding out of a message that he posted
using Outlook 2000. (See the archived post below.) This has been a big
problem for us with new subscribers, so we're thrilled to know there's a
way to deal with it. (I wish there were a way to deal with Eudora HTML
mail, though.)

I receive individual messages, and there was no HTML attachment to this
post when I received it.

Jane




Date:         Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:09:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Bill Blinn <[log in to unmask]>

Sender:       Copy Editing <[log in to unmask]>
From:         Bill Blinn <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      ADMIN: This is a test
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

HTML-encoded messages should not be sent to the list, but this is such a
message. Why? I'm testing, that's why!

Jane called to my attention this morning a new option of the Listserv
software that appears to be just what we've been looking for: a function
that REMOVES HTML coding from messages that arrive with it. Because of the
way Eudora applies HTML coding, the function cannot remove such codes from
Eudora messages. I have sent this message with Microsoft Outlook 2000 and
it contains LOTS of HTML garbage that (with luck) we will not see on the
list.

For example, this is bold, this is italic, and this is 14-point Adobe
Caslon bold italic.

I hope you didn't see any of it!

---
Bill Blinn ([log in to unmask])

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