All right, so we decided to go the plain text route.  It's just easier than
trying to deal with html.

Second question.  I have about 3300 current subscribers in the old Lyris
forum app.  I'm going to bulk import them via the web interface, then I have
drafted a script that will add their passwords.  I have two choices - send
the 3300 password commands via 3300 separate messages, or send 3300 commands
in one message.  Since I don't want to unnecessarily tax the mail server, is
there any reason why I shouldn't send the 3300 commands via one message?
Will ListServ be able to handle this rather large request gracefully?

Thanks,

Ray

On 12/20/06, Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:00:33 -0500, Ray Champagne <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >That being said - I started Beta testing today, and already have a
> problem
> >with a user who is trying to send via Outlook and they are coming out the
> >other end as blank emails.  This problem is spreading rapidly.  About
> every
> >third test email is blank.  Looking into it, it appears that Outlook's
> Rich
> >Text emails can't be interpreted by ListServ.
>
> Depending on the user's outlook settings, there could be text/html issues.
> Also in some versions of Outlook, the default is for rich text, HTML, and
> attachments to be sent in Microsoft's proprietary format as a 'winmail.dat
> '
> attachment.  Since only other Outlook mail clients can interpret this
> proprietary format, the default in LISTSERV is to remove/discard the
> 'winmail.dat' attachment from list messages.
>
> Add the line
>
> Language= Exchange
>
> to your List Header to tell LISTSERV not to remove this.  Note that some
> people who don't use Outlook, may also complain about not being able to
> read
> the message.  You can't win somedays.
>
> Proper diagnosis of these problems requires an ability to view the
> complete
> mesage 'source'.  Unfortunately this is amost impossible to do in Outlook.
>
> Having the user send a cc: to you directly of they same message they send
> to
> LISTSERV and then comparing the 2 can be a good diagnostic tool.
>



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