Configuring Mail Clients to Send Plain ASCII Text

• Introduction
• Turning Off HTML or MIME in E-mail client programs
• Suggestions for HTML users
• Examples of HTML/MIME messages

1. Many E-mail and Usenet News reader programs, usually the mail and news reader programs that come with browser packages, allow users to include binary attachments (MIME or other encoding) or HTML (normally found on web pages) within their E-mail messages. This makes URLs into clickable links and it means that graphic images, formatting, and color-coded text can also be included in E-mail messages. While this makes your E-mail interesting and pretty to look at, it can cause problems for other people who receive your E-mail because they may use different E-mail programs, different computer systems, and different application programs whose files are often not fully compatible with each other. Any of these can cause trouble with HTML (or encoded attachments). Most of the time all they see is the actual HTML code behind the message. And if someone replies to the HTML formatted message, the quoting can render the message even more unreadable. In some cases, the message is nothing but strange looking text. For this reason, many email lists, especially those that provide a digest version, explicitly forbid the use of HTML formatted e-mail. See the examples below.
2. When you send an attachment, like a word processor file, to have it appear on the other end as the exact same type of file, the recipient must have software that can read that file. For example, if you attach a Microsoft Word file, and the recipient of your message is using a computer that cannot open MS Word files, that person is not going to be able to open your attachment and they are less than likely to be very happy about it.
3. HTML or MIME messages are larger and more wasteful than simple text messages. Using HTML or MIME in E-mail messages makes the messages larger in size by a mimimum of two thirds to more than twenty times. These will take longer to download and they take up more storage space than standard plain text E-mail messages.
   E-mail storage is important because many people retain copies of messages they receive and in the case of email list digests, the individual messages are combined in one large message and sent to digest subscribers at the end of the day, week, or month. Some email list programs fail to format the digest correctly if HTML messages are included. In addition, many email lists archive messages for periods of 6 months or more to enable subscribers to search for particular past postings. HTML messages typically cause the same problems in archives as they do in digests.
4. HTML or MIME messages generally leave or include unwanted files (attachments) on the machines of the recipients of these messages.
   Embedded HTML or MIME attachments are the number one method of spreading virus, worm or Trojan programs. For instance, the Forgotten worm was written in Visual Basic Script and spread without any attachment. Instead, the worm code was embedded into the HTML formatted message body.
   The I Love You worm program exploited an ActiveX vulnerability and was executed just by viewing or previewing the e-mail message without opening any attachment.
   HTML messages can trigger dialups to the Internet if they contain links to specific images called "web bugs" that are used to track message and advertiser viewing.
   MIME encoded attachments with file extensions (BAT, COM, DOC, EML, EXE, HTA, JS, PPT, SHS, VBE, VBS, WSH, XL#) have been the most common method of sending viruses, worms and Trojan programs because their code will be executed by Windows and associated viewers or other MS programs when the attachment is opened. Windows uses the extension to determine what the default action on a file will be. For instance, a .txt file will open in Notepad and an .html file will open in Internet Explorer.
   Uncommon, but no less dangerous are file extensions (386, ACM, ACV, ADT, AX, BIN, BTM, CLA, CPL, CSC, CSH, DEV, DLL, DOT, DRV, HLP, HTM, HTT, INF, INI, JSE, JTD, MDB, MP#, MPP, MPT, 0MSO, OBD, OBT, OCX, OLE, OV#, PIF, PL, PM, POT, PP#, PPS, PRC, RAR, RTF, SCR, SH, SHB, SMM, SYS, VSD, VSS, VST, VXD, WSF, XL#, XLB, XTP).
5. HTML quickly fills the memory of PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants like the Palm Pilot). In addition, many HTML messages are completely unreadable on most PDAs.
6. Some e-mail recipients may have set their background to something other than white, may have chosen a typeface which they find most readable and adjusted its size in accordance with their visual acuity, normal viewing distance, monitor size and screen resolution. All this fine tuning is completely erased by HTML e-mail.

• Agent/Free Agent
• AOL 5.0 and earlier
• AOL 6.0
• AOL 7.0
• AOL 8.0
• AOL 9.0
• AOL 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 Alternate
• CompuServe 2, 3 and 4
• CompuServe 2000
• Earthlink 5.0
• Entourage 2001 (MacIntosh)
• Entourage X (MacIntosh)
• Eudora Light v3.0.5 and earlier
• Eudora Light v3.0.6
• Eudora Pro v4.0.2 and earlier
• Eudora Pro v4.2 and later
• Eudora v5.0
• Hotmail
• IncrediMail Xe REVISED
• Juno v5.0
• Lotus Notes R5
• Mac OS X Mail
• MS Internet Explorer 4.0, 5.0, 5.50 and 6.0
• MSN Explorer 6.0
• MSN Explorer 7.0
• MSN 8.0
• MS Exchange 4.0 and other MS problems
• WINMAIL.DAT (TNEF) attachments
• MS Exchange Server 5.0
• Mozilla 1.1
• Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 NEW
• Netscape Communicator 3.xx
• Netscape Communicator 4.0x - 4.4x
• Netscape Communicator 4.5, 4.6, 4.7
• Netscape Communicator 6.0 - 6.1
• Netscape Communicator 6.2
• Netscape Communicator 7.0 (PR1 & Final) REVISED
• Netscape Communicator 7.1
• Novell Groupwise
• Outlook 2000
• Outlook 2002
• Outlook Express 4.0
• Outlook Express 5.0, 5.50 and 6.00
• Outlook 97 (without Service Release 1 SR1)
• Outlook 97 (with Service Release 1 SR1)
• Outlook 98 (Work group version)
• Outlook 98 (Internet version)
• Pegasus Mail 3.x
• Pegasus Mail 4.x
• Pine 4.x (Unix)
• Pine 4.x (Windows)
• Poco 2.xx
• TheBat! v1.18
• WebTV
• Yahoo Mail

• Know how your attachments are going to be sent. Bear in mind that what's reasonable for another recipient isn't necessarily reasonable for the rest of the world. For example, sending a Microsoft Word document as an attachment might not work out as well as you think it should.
  If options are available for turning off attachments, do so, except perhaps for specific correspondents known to have the ability to view the attachments.
  Do not sent HTML (Rich Text) messages to email lists unless the list explicity states it is acceptable to do so.

• Select Options
• Select General Preferences
• Select Languages
• Under Usenet Text and E-mail Text, make sure MIME is off.

• Make sure your font is set to Arial (which should be the default).
• Type your message (in Arial) and then highlight it. Then, right mouse click, select text, then select normal.
• Send your plain text message, making sure the text is still highlighted when you send it.

• Change global e-mail preferences (needs to be done only once):
  • Go to Keyword: Preferences (or choose Preferences from the Settings menu on the AOL 6.0 toolbar).
  • Click on Font, Text, & Graphics Preferences .
  • Click on the Reset button at the bottom of the resulting window. Do not make any changes in the Font Preferences area of the window.
  • Click on the Save button.
• Change a specific e-mail to plain text (must be done for every e-mail):
  • Compose and address the e-mail as desired.
  • Choose Select All from the Edit menu to highlight the entire message.
  • With the mouse arrow somewhere over the highlighted text, click the Right mouse button, revealing a contextual menu.
  • Choose Normal from the Text menu.
  • Taking care not to make any further changes to the message, send it.

• Change global e-mail preferences (needs to be done only once):
  • Go to Keyword: Preferences (or choose Preferences from the Settings menu on the AOL 7.0 toolbar).
  • Click on Font, Text, & Graphics Preferences .
  • Click on the Reset button at the bottom of the resulting window. Do not make any changes in the Font Preferences area of the window.
  • Click on the Save button.

1. Click in the message area of the Write Mail window.
2. Change the plain text setting:
3. Click the T icon just below the Subject label to toggle the message between plain text and rich text formatting; or
4. Open the Format menu and choose Rich Text or Plain Text.

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Click Advanced Options.
3. Click Add.
4. Type the email address or domain for which you want all messages to be sent in plain text. If you specify a domain (such as example.net), you’ll have an opportunity to switch to plain text whenever you address a message to an email address that includes that domain.
5. Click OK.

• Select "Preferences" from the Edit menu then "Mail and News"
• Click on "Compose" tab
• Under Messages, set the pull-down menus for "Mail Format" and "News Format" to plain text
• Click the "Reply & Forward" tab, uncheck "Reply to messages using the format in which they sent"
• Click on OK

• From the Tools menu, choose Configure
• Click the Mail button
• Click on the Send tab
• Click the down arrow on the Send message format drop-down list and choose Plain Text
• Click on OK

• Select "Mail & News Preferences" from the Entourage tab
• Click on "Compose" tab
• Under Messages, set the pull-down menus for "Mail Format" and "News Format" to plain text
• Click the "Reply & Forward" tab, uncheck "Reply to messages using the format in which they sent"
• Click on OK

• Click on Tools: Options
• Select the Extra Warnings category
• Check the box for Warn me when I "Queue a message with Styled Text".

• Click on Tools: Options
• Select the Styled Text tab
• Check the box for "Discard styles before sending messages"
• Click on Tools: Options
• Select the Sending Mail category
• Uncheck the check box for "May use quoted-printable"

• Click on Tools: Options
• Select the Sending Mail category
• Uncheck the check box for "May use quoted-printable"

• Click on Tools: Options
• Highlight (Select) Styled Text
• Check either or both of these boxes:
  • Warn me when I queue a message with styled text.
  • Discard styles before sending messages.

• Click on Tools: Options
• Scroll down to and click on Styled Text Category
• Check these 3 boxes:
  • Show formatting toolbar - If this is on, the formatting toolbar displays by default in new message windows. If this is off, the formatting toolbar is hidden by default in new message windows. This toolbar lets you easily format text styles in new messages.
  • Send plain text only
  • Ask me each time - If this is on, you are warned when you try to send or queue a message with text styles. And you are given the option to send a plain text version, an HTML version, or both in a single message.

• Click on Tools: Options
• Scroll down to and click on Styled Text Category
• Check these 3 boxes:
  • Show formatting toolbar - If this is on, the formatting toolbar displays by default in new message windows. If this is off, the formatting toolbar is hidden by default in new message windows. This toolbar lets you easily format text styles in new messages.
  • Send plain text only
  • Ask me each time - If this is on, you are warned when you try to send or queue a message with text styles. And you are given the option to send a plain text version, an HTML version, or both in a single message.

• Click on "Compose tab", address the message and fill in the "Subject" line
• Before composing the message, click on "Tools" (next to "Copy message to sent folder")
• Click on "Rich-text editor OFF" to set off
• NOTE: The toggle is actually counter-intuitive. That is, if the drop menu choice says "Rich -Text Editor OFF" RTF formatting is on. When the toggle shows "Rich -Text Editor ON" RTF formatting is off.
• If you receive a pop up message "Are you sure you want to do this?" Click "OK" and wait for text formatting tools to disappear
• NOTE: If you are using Netscape, then you will NOT be given the the choice to turn ON/OFF RTF formatting. Messages will be sent in plain text format.
• Compose your plain text message
• Send your plain text message

• From within the "New Mail" window, open the "Message" menu and select "Plain Text".
• At this point, a dialog window will appear. Click "Yes" to confirm changing your e-mail to plain text format.

• From the IncrediMail main window, open the "Tools" menu and select "Options".
• From the Options window, select the "Advanced" tab.
• In the Message section, check the "Enable 'Plain Text' in Style Box" checkbox.
• Click OK.

• Create a new message by selecting the "New Mail" button from the Toolbar.
• Select the "Letters" category in the "Style Box".
• Make sure "Plain Text" is selected.

• On the Main menu, select Tools then Options, and click on the Compose tab.
• Uncheck the "Automatically insert signature to outgoing messages" box.

• On the Edit menu, point to E-mail Message Format, point to View as and click Plain Text.
• In the Remove Formatting dialog box, click Yes to change the format.

• Select "Tools" then click on "Options..."
• Click on "Mail Format" tab
• In the "Message Format" section, the pull-down menu in "Send in this message format" list offers three choices: Plain Text, Microsoft Rich Text, and HTML. Select Plain Text.
  NOTE: there is a "Send e-mail using plain text only" checkbox on the properties sheet of an address book entry, but it doesn't do anything if you have the HTML mail format selected here.
• Make sure the check box is unchecked (empty) in front of "Use Microsoft Word to edit e-mail messages".
  NOTE: Outlook Help states that you can switch message formats after starting an e-mail message, but this doesn't work if you use Word as your e-mail editor, only if you use the internal Outlook mail editor (and then only switch between plain text and HTML formats).
• Click OK

• With the message open, on the menu bar: select "Format"
• On the "Format" menu Select the format you want to change the message to: The menu list offers three choices: Plain Text, Microsoft Rich Text, and HTML. Select Plain Text.
• If Microsoft Word is your e-mail editor, these options may not be available.
  NOTE: Outlook Help states that you can switch message formats after starting an e-mail message, but this doesn't work if you use Word as your e-mail editor, only if you use the internal Outlook mail editor (and then only switch between plain text and HTML formats).

• Choose "Tools"
• Select "Options"
• Select "Email Options"
• Select "Remove extra line breaks in plain text messages."

• OL2002 AutoClean Feature Removes Unwanted Line Breaks
• OL2002 Posts Do Not Honor Line Breaks in Plain Text Format

• Select "Tools" then click on "Options..."
• Click on "Send" tab
• In the "Mail Sending Format" and "News Sending Format" sections, click on "Plain Text" bullet in both places
• In the "Mail Sending Format" section, click on "Plain Text Settings..." button.
• In the "Plain Text Settings" window and the Message format section
  • Click MIME bullet
  • Set "Encode text using:" to None.
  • Uncheck the "Allow 8-bit characters in headers"
  • Set Automatically wrap text at 72
  • Check the box in front of "Indent original text with > when replying or forwarding"
  • Click OK
• In the "News Sending Format" section, click on "Plain Text Settings..." button.
• In the "Plain Text Settings" window and the Message format section
  • Click MIME bullet
  • Set "Encode text using:" to None.
  • Uncheck the "Allow 8-bit characters in headers"
  • Set Automatically wrap text at 72
  • Check the box in front of "Indent original text with > when replying or forwarding"
  • Click OK
• While still in the "Send" tab, Uncheck "Reply to messages using the format in which they were sent"
• Click on "OK" and on "OK" again.

• Select "Tools" then click on "Stationery..."
• In the "Signature" area, click on the "Signature" button.
• In the "Personal Business Card" area, uncheck the check box in front of "Attach card to all outgoing messages"
• Click on "OK" and on "OK" again.

• Select "Tools" then click on "Options..."
• Click on "Send" tab
• In the "Mail Sending Format" and "News Sending Format" sections, click on "Plain Text" bullet in both places
• In the "Mail Sending Format" section, click on "Plain Text Settings..." button.
• In the "Plain Text Settings" window and the Message format section
  • Click MIME bullet
  • Set "Encode text using:" to None.
  • Uncheck the "Allow 8-bit characters in headers"
  • Set Automatically wrap text at 72
  • Check the box in front of "Indent the original text with > when replying or forwarding"
  • Click OK
• In the "News Sending Format" section, click on "Plain Text Settings..." button.
• In the "Plain Text Settings" window and the Message format section
  • Click MIME bullet
  • Set "Encode text using:" to None.
  • Uncheck the "Allow 8-bit characters in headers"
  • Set Automatically wrap text at 72
  • Check the box in front of "Indent the original text with > when replying or forwarding"
  • Click OK
• While still in the "Send" tab, Uncheck "Reply to messages using the format in which they were sent"
• Click on "Apply" and then on "OK".

• Select "Tools" then click on "Options..."
• Click on "Compose" tab
• In the "Business Cards" area, uncheck the check boxes in front of Mail and News for "Include my business card when creating new messages."
• Click on "Apply" and then on "OK".

• Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences..."
• Click on the plus sign before "Mail & Newsgroups"
• Click on "Message Composition" in left pane
• In the "Forwarding and Replying to Messages" section, change the "Forward messages:" to Inline.
• In the "Composing Messages" section, unckeck the box in front of "For messages that contain 8-bit characters..."
• Click on "Send Format" in left pane
• In the section "When sending message in HTML format...", click on the bullet in front of "Ask me what to do..."
• Click on "OK".

• Select "Options" in the taskbar
• Select "Format"
• Click on "Plain text only". The default is probably shown as "Auto-Detect"
• Send the message

• Select "Tools" then click on "Account Settings..."
• Under an account, select "Addressing & Composition" in the left pane
• In the "Composition" section, uncheck "Compose messages in HTML format"
• Repeat the above 2 steps for each account you have set up in Thunderbird
• Click on "OK"
• Select "Tools" then click on "Options"
• Click on "Composition" in left pane
• In the "Forwarding Messages" section, change the "Forward messages:" to Inline
• In the "Composing Messages" section, uncheck the box in front of "For messages that contain 8-bit characters..."
• In the "Send Options" section, click "Send Options"
• In the "Text Options" section, select "Ask me what to do..." from the dropdown
• Click on "OK"

• Start Mail & Newsgroups
• Click "Edit"
• Select "Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings"
• Uncheck the box in front of "Compose Messages in HTML Format"

• Select "Edit" while in "Mail"
• Click on the arrow symbol before "Mail & Newsgroups"
• Uncheck the box in front of "Compose Messages in HTML Format"
• Click OK

• Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences..."
• Click on the arrow symbol before "Mail & Newsgroups"
• Click on "Message Composition" in left pane
• In the "Forwarding and Replying to Messages" section, change the "Forward messages:" to Inline.
• In the "Composing Messages" section, unckeck the box in front of "For messages that contain 8-bit characters..."
• Click on "Send Format" in left pane
• In the section "When sending message in HTML format...", click on the bullet in front of "Ask me what to do..."
• Click on "OK".

• Select "Options" in the taskbar
• Select "Format"
• Click on "Plain text only". The default is probably shown as "Auto-Detect"
• Send the message

• Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences..."
• Click on the arrow symbol before "Mail & Newsgroups"
• Click on "Message Composition" in left pane
• In the "Forwarding and Replying to Messages" section, change the "Forward messages:" to Inline.
• In the "Composing Messages" section, unckeck the box in front of "For messages that contain 8-bit characters..."
• Click on "Send Formatting" in left pane
• In the section "When sending message in HTML format...", click on "Ask me what to do..."
• Click on "OK".

• Select "Options" in the taskbar
• Select "Format"
• Click on "Plain text only". The default is probably shown as "auto detect"
• Send the message

• Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences..."
• Click on the plus sign "+" before "Mail & Newsgroups"
• Click on "Messages" in left pane
• In the "Forward and Replying to Messages", change the "By default, forward messages:" to Inline.
• In the "Send messages that use 8-bit characters", click on "As is".
• Click on "Formatting" in left pane
• In the section "Message formatting", click on "Use the plain text editor to compose messages"
• In the section "When sending HTML mail messages...", click on "Ask me what to do..."
• Click on "OK".

• Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences..."
• Click on the plus sign "+" before "Mail & Newsgroups"
• Click on "Identity" in the left pane
• Uncheck the check box that says "Attach my personal card..."
• Click on "OK"

• Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences..."
• Click on the plus sign "+" before "Mail and Groups & Messages"
• Click on "Messages"
• Uncheck the check box that says "By default, send HTML messages".
• Click on "More Options..."
• In the section "When sending HTML messages to recipients who are not listed as being able to receive HTML", click "Always convert the message into plain text (may lose some formatting)"
• Click on "OK" and on "OK" again.

• Select "Edit" then click on "Preferences..."
• Click on the plus sign "+" before "Mail and Groups & Messages"
• Click on "Identity"
• Uncheck the check box that says "Always send Address Book Cards"
• Click on "OK"

• Click "Tools" then click on "Mail Options"
• Click on the "Send" tab.
• In the "Mail Sending Format" area, click the check box next to "Plain Text"
• Click on "Settings..."
• In the section "Message Format", click "MIME". In the check box next to "Encode text using", select "None".
• Uncheck the check box next to "Allow 8-bit characters in headers"
• Click on "OK"

1. Download and install the Office 97 Service Release 1 (SR1)
2. Download and install inetmail.exe which updates Outlook 97.
3. In the E-mail box, double-click the e-mail address. Clear the "Always send to this recipient in Windows Messaging Rich Text Format" check box. (Note: This must be done *each* time a message is sent via the Reply button.)
4. Download and install "RTFGuard" written by Ben Goetter This will alert you when a message is about to be sent with RTF formatting, giving you the option to discard the formatting before sending.

• Open the "Personal Address Book"
• Double Click on the recipients name
• Uncheck the check box " Always send to this recipient in Windows Messaging Rich Text Format"
• Close Options window

• Select "Tools" then click on "Options..."
• Click on "Internet E-mail" tab
• Click the circle next to "MIME" and not "UUENCODE"
• Uncheck the check box "Allow 8-bit characters in headers"
• Check the "Line wrap" box and set to 80 or less. Preferably 72
• Make sure to use "US ASCII" character set
• Click "OK"

• Open the "Personal Address Book"
• Double Click on the recipients name
• Uncheck the check box " Always send to this recipient in Windows Messaging Rich Text Format"
• Close Options window

• Select "Tools" then click on "Options..."
• Click on "Mail Format" tab
• In "Send in this message format" area, select "Plain Text" from the drop- down box.
• Click on "Internet E-mail" tab
• In "Internet E-mail Sending Format" area, click the circle next to "MIME".
• Uncheck the check box "Allow 8-bit characters in headers"
• In the drop down box "Encode text using:", select "none"
• Click "OK"

• Select "Tools" then click on "Options..."
• Click on "Mail Format" tab
• In "Mail Formatting" area, select "Plain Text" from the drop- down box.
• Click on "Settings..." button
• Select "MIME"
• In the drop down box "Encode text using:", select "none"
• Click "OK"

• Go to your MSN mail Inbox
• Click on "E-mail settings" which is on the left side of the screen
• Click on "Writing E-mail Settings" second on the list
• Click on 4th item down, "Test Formatting"
• At the "How Do You Want To Format Your Messages" box, click on second button down "Use Plain Text for Compatibility..." In addition, choose the default encoding "Western European ISO" when sending e-mails
• Save changes at the bottom of the screen
• Click on "Mail and more" on the top toolbar to return you to your MSN Inbox

• From the Microsoft Exchange toolbar select "Tools"
• Select the "Services" tab.
• Highlight "Internet Mail"
• Click on "Properties..." An "Internet Mail, General" window will appear.
• Select "Message Format..." then make sure "Use MIME when sending messages" is unchecked. If you turn off MIME here, it will send attachments UUEncoded.
• Next, select "Character Set..." in the "Message Format" window
  • In the "UUENCODE Character Set" window
  • Click the down arrow that shows next to the rectangular "window" below where it says "specify a character set for message" text. A set of options will appear, including both "ISO 8859-1" and "US ASCII".
  • Check "US ASCII", then click "OK". This will remove equal signs and "=3D" codes in messages.
  • Then click "OK" on the "Options" menu.

• Double click on the Mail and Fax icon in Control Panel.
• Click on the Services tab, and select Internet Mail from the list. If Internet Mail is not listed, click Add - add this service.
• Click Properties, and then Message Format.
• Turn off the option that reads Use MIME when sending messages.
• Click OK and then OK again.

• Double click on the name of each recipient in your Address Book.
• Turn off the option that reads Always send to this recipient in Microsoft rich text format.
• This option needs to be set for each recipient of a message - if even one has this turned on, all recipients will still get the attachment.

• If you address the message by typing a literal name@domain.xxx SMTP address, or by entering the address in Exchange's explicit one off format - i.e., by typing [SMTP:name@domain.xxx] - and you use the version of Microsoft Exchange released with retail Windows 95 (as opposed to Windows Messaging, or the version released as the client of Microsoft Exchange Server), the entry will have its Send to this recipient in Microsoft rich text format check box set by default.
• If you address the message by typing a name and letting the system pick an entry from your Personal Address Book, and that address book entry specifies Send to this recipient in Microsoft rich text format, then the recipient in the message will, too.
• If you address the message by giving the reply command in Exchange, and the message to which you were replying had an explicit RFC822 Reply-To header (such as is the case on many messages arriving via Internet mailing lists), and you use a version of the Internet Mail provider prior to the Internet Mail Enhancement Patch (IMEP), the resulting entry in the To field will have its Send to this recipient in Microsoft rich text format check box set by default. Note that a reply will never reference an entry in your Personal Address Book unless you replace the contents of the reply note's To field yourself.

• If you are using the original version of retail Windows 95 Microsoft Exchange, update to a more recent version, such as the Windows Messaging update.
• Know the contents of your Personal Address Book, and ensure that you have not erroneously set the rich text flag on any entries therein.
• Use the most recent version of the Internet Mail message service provider. (Note: Microsoft Exchange Server users do not use this component, since they send mail to the Internet through a component of Exchange Server.)
• On replies to Internet mailing lists, manually clear the rich text flag, or else replace the reply address with a known entry from your Personal Address Book.
• Use "RTFGuard" or Rich Text Sentry widget, which watches for outgoing Internet messages in rich text format, or install a recent version of Internet Idioms and configure it to do likewise.

1. High order characters - characters with the following ordinal values 0..31,61,128..255
2. Long lines in a message body (you can turn wordwrap on to fix this)

• In Control Panel, double-click Mail And Fax.
• Click Internet Mail, and then click Properties
• On the General tab, click Message Format, and then click Character Set.
• Change the option from ISO 8859-1 to US ASCII, or click the "Use MIME when sending messages" check box to clear it.

• Choose File/Mobile/Edit Current Location
• Select the mail tab
• In the field, "Format for messages addressed to Internet addresses", select MIME Format instead of Rich Text Format.

• Choose File/Preferences/User Preferences
• Click the Mail and News Icon
• Under "Internet message format" (or Internet News Format), choose an option:
• Plain text
• HTML format
• HTML and Plain Text.

• Click on "View"
• Then select either "Plain Text" or "HTML"

• Select "Tools" then click on "Options..."
• Click on "Sending Mail" tab
• In "When sending messages containing rich (formatted) text" section
• Check the radio button "Always remove formatting."
• In "Advanced settings" section, uncheck all four options Make sure "Allow 8-bit MIME message is unchecked"
• Click on "OK"

• Select "Tools" then click on "Options..."
• Click on "Sending Mail" tab
• In "Message Formatting, Formatting and use of styling in messages" section:
  • Disable all text styling options (never send styled mail) -- should be checked. This is the key item to set for sending plain text
  • Do not display the editor 'styles' toolbar -- unimportant to what's actually sent but if you check it you will not get the false sense that you are sending formatted mail as the visible formatting options will be removed from the editor screen.
  • Always paste plain text in preference to styled text -- Should be checked though it is implied if "Disable all text styling options" is set as noted above.
• In "Sending Mail, Rich Text (formatted) Message Handling" section:
  • Generate multipart/alternative versions of richtext messages -- should be unchecked.
  • For mail sent to local addresses, use MS-RTF formatting -- should be unchecked but does not affect Internet mail.
• In "Advanced settings" section:
  • Send enclosures instead of attachments -- normally checked, unrelated to plain text versus formatted message issues.
  • Make sure "Allow 8-bit MIME message is unchecked"
  • Don't add "attachment information" sections to Multipart messages -- should be checked
  • Suppress BCC field listings in outgoing mail -- not important to plain text issues but is normally checked for other reasons.
• Click on "OK"

• Start Pine from UNIX prompt, i.e., pine
• From Main Menu, select "S" (SETUP- Configure Pine Options)
• Select or type "C" (Config)
• Type "w" (Word to find:) and enter "character-" to find Character-Set. Leave as <No Value Set>. It defaults to US-ASCII or set it explicity to "US-ASCII"
• Type "w" (Word to find:) again and enter "include-" to find Include-attachments-in-reply. Leave or set the box to unchecked
• This feature controls an aspect of Pine's Reply command. If set, any MIME attachments that were part of the original message will automatically be included in the Reply.
• Select or type "E" (Exit) and type "Y" to commit changes
• Select or type "Q" (Quit), type "Y"

• Start Pine and Login
• From Main Menu, select "S" (SETUP- Configure Pine Options)
• Select or type "C" (Config)
• Type "w" (Word to find:) and enter "character-" to find Character-Set. Leave as <No Value Set>. It defaults to US-ASCII or set it explicity to "US-ASCII"
• Type "w" (Word to find:) again and enter "include-" to find Include-attachments-in-reply. Leave or set the box to unchecked
• This feature controls an aspect of Pine's Reply command. If set, any MIME attachments that were part of the original message will automatically be included in the Reply.
• Select or type "E" (Exit) and type "Y" to commit changes
• Select or type "Q" (Quit), type "Y"

• Make sure the Style toolbar is showing (View, Show Style Toolbar menu)
• To send a plain message, depress the Styled button. The state of Styled button and the menu can be saved to default to your preferred state, in Program Options (F7), Defaults section.

• Select "Account" from the main menu
• Click on the "Transport" icon
• In the section "8-bit characters are treated", click on "Without changes"
  
  NOTE: 8-bit characters are treated - this radio group allows you to set the method used to handle 8-bit (non-ASCII) characters. If you are using only the English alphabet, this feature is not very significant to you because all English characters are ASCII characters and will go through the net without any problems. However, if you are using accented characters or character sets other than English, you should choose the method carefully because there still are some mail servers which do not allow appearance of 8-bit characters in e-mail messages. If you are not sure that such servers are functioning in the way you write your messages, it is better to choose either Base64 or Quoted-printable encoding. The difference between these two encoding methods is that Base64 produces totally unreadable text. Quoted-printable encoding still can be read if your alphabet is almost Latin, only accented characters are encoded. If your recipient's are using The Bat! or another program which can recognise Base64 and quoted-printable encoding automatically, you may choose either of these two methods.
• Click on the "Options" icon
• Uncheck the check box in front of "Allow 8-bit characters in message header"
• Click OK
• Select "View" from the main menu
• Click on "Encoding" then select "None"
• Select "Options" from the main menu
• Select on "Language" then click on "English"

• Click "Check Email" under "Message Center" on left side of screen
• Select "Mail Options" from right-hand side of main toolbar
• From " Mail Options Screen " select "General Preferences" (see Personalization)
• Under "Forwarding Messages" (Message Actions) select "forward as in-line text"
• Under "Replying" (Message Actions) select "include full original message"
• Click Save button

• Select "Mail Options" from right-hand side of main toolbar
• From " Mail Options Screen " select "Signature" (see Personalization)
• If using IE, then next to "Editor" select "Plain"
• If using Netscape or other browser, next to "This signature is: " select the "plain text" bullet
• Click Save button

• Click on Setup on the sidebar
• Click on Signature
• Remove the HTML codes (if any) from the text entry box
• Add a simple maximum 4-line signature in the text entry box
• Click Done
• Click Done again

• On the WebTV e-mail "Write Page"
• Click on "Remove Signature" at left of "Send" button
• Send e-mail

Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 20:51:57 -0400
From: Envision <nvision@envisionfirst.com>
To: friend <eoe@envisionfirst.com>
Subject: equipment
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www.envisionfirst.com

Envision Ophthalmic Equipment is Buying and Selling Ophthalmic
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Envision is looking to purchase used ophthalmic equipment.&nb
sp;  Age and
condition does not matter, so take a look in your closets, backrooms,
garages, storage, or just an extra lane your not using and make a list
and e-mail it to: selling@envisionfirst.com or fax it to: 734.354.8693

 *  B&L Refractors

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From: "Jxxxx Fxxxxx" <xxxxxxx@earthlink.net>
To: <gboyd@expita.com>
Subject: Setting Up Earthlink DSL on Two machines
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 15:26:10 -0400
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machines both window
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