[EM] Test of maillist handling of html attachment

Thu May 11 17:16:14 PDT 2000

I didn't get it, and I must say that generally speaking on other egroups,
and despite using a love-bug free remote text email reader, I usually
receive attachments. I seem to recall a while back that there was a bunch
of python script that you sent. I got that.

On Thu, 11 May 2000, Steve Eppley wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Since we can't yet rely on each other's email browsers to 
> properly display rich text, I'm attaching a small html file to 
> this message to test whether this maillist will handle 
> attachments properly.  If so, this will allow us to post 
> information in a format which is more readable, by using 
> subscripts, italics, set notation symbols, etc.
> 
> Assuming the attachment looks okay, I'll have to also verify 
> that it also looks okay in the archive at @eskimo.com.  
> Eventually I'll post a second message describing the results I 
> observed, and anyone observing something different will 
> hopefully bring that to our attention.
> 
> If Rob Lanphier, the list administrator, feels that it would be 
> a bad idea to use attachments, hopefully he will notice this and 
> post his opinion.  If anyone else feels it would be a bad idea, 
> please let me know privately to avoid cluttering the list; 
> eventually I'll post a summary of comments I receive.
> 
> (Note: the html snippet used in this test represents part of a 
> work in progress.  The definitions contained in it may be 
> revised.)
> 
> 
> ---Steve     (Steve Eppley    seppley at alumni.caltech.edu)
> 
> 
> 
> -------------- Enclosure number 1 ----------------
>  * This message contains the file 'test of html attachment.htm', which has been
>  * uuencoded. If you are using Pegasus Mail, then you can use
>  * the browser's eXtract function to lift the original contents
>  * out to a file, otherwise you will have to extract the message
>  * and uudecode it manually.
> 
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> end
> 
> 

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