Post by thread:About MIME formats

Hi PIClist fellows, I noticed several e-mailings with attachments in an unknown format: MS-TNEF. I use Linux OS, and that format seems to be specific to Microsoft users, so please avoid using that and try to stay with standard MIME formats. regards, Rildo Pragana

Hi Rildo. The MS-TNEF type portion you're seeing is the funny way that Microsoft Exchange uses to send additional information about the text... font names, sizes, colors, etc. It doesn't contain anything that the ordinary reader should worry about missing. The senders aren't even aware that it's being produced. Rick ---------- {Quote hidden}> From: Rildo Pragana <spam_OUTrpraganaTakeThisOuTACM.ORG> > To: .....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: About MIME formats > Date: Friday, August 01, 1997 3:53 AM > > Hi PIClist fellows, > > > I noticed several e-mailings with attachments in an unknown > format: MS-TNEF. > I use Linux OS, and that format seems to be specific to Microsoft > users, so please avoid using that and try to stay with standard MIME > formats. > > regards, > > Rildo Pragana

Hi Rick, Thanks for your answer. It's clear now! Just some crap the good fellows of Microsoft invented to "create" their own standards... Sometime I'll begin to invent my own "standards" too! regards, Rildo On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Rick Miller wrote: > > The MS-TNEF type portion you're seeing is the funny way that Microsoft > Exchange uses to send additional information about the text... font names, > sizes, colors, etc. It doesn't contain anything that the ordinary reader > should worry about missing. The senders aren't even aware that it's being > produced. >

agana writes: > I noticed several e-mailings with attachments in an unknown >format: MS-TNEF. > I use Linux OS, and that format seems to be specific to Microsoft >users, so please avoid using that and try to stay with standard MIME >formats. Nice idea, but MIME is an achronym for Massively Incompatible Mail Experiment. Martin McCormick

---Original Message----- From: Rildo Pragana <rpraganaKILLspamACM.ORG> To: .....PICLISTKILLspam.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU <EraseMEPICLISTspam_OUTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Date: Friday, 1 August 1997 21:42 Subject: About MIME formats >Hi PIClist fellows, > > > I noticed several e-mailings with attachments in an unknown >format: MS-TNEF. > I use Linux OS, and that format seems to be specific to Microsoft >users, so please avoid using that and try to stay with standard MIME >formats. > I'm using MS - anything funny on this mail?? If there is I'll hunt thru settings looking for it. MikeS <mikesmith_ozspam_OUTrelaymail.net> PS be glad I didn't put a digital sig on it <g>