On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 09:51, Michael Sullivan wrote: > Here is the header for todays Garfield comic strip: > > Return-Path: <48813204_22302_619@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Received: from mail2.gophercentral.com (mail2.gophercentral.com > [64.106.244.18]) by bullet.espersunited.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP > id i6F7YN8S003761 for <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 > 02:34:24 -0500 > Received: from news.gophercentral.com (news.gophercentral.com by > mail2.gophercentral.com (listd1.1) with SMTP id 48813204_22302_619 for > <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 02:30:39 -0500 > Message-Id: <48813204_22302_619@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Garfield - Tree Frogs > From: Garfield <listmanager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 02:30:39 -0500 > To: michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > X-Evolution-Source: imap://michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > I think I see the problem. The Content-Type is listed as text/plain. > It should probably be text/html. Is there anything I can do about it on > my end? > > > Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:45:28 -0400 > > From: Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: IMAP doesn't like HTML formatting > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Message-ID: > > <cone.1089859528.149429.15900.500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Michael Sullivan writes: > > > > > I recently switched my email account on my espersunited.com server from > > > POP to IMAP (POP is still supported, I think, but I prefer IMAP because > > > I have access to all my folders and mail wherever I am and not just on > > > my home computer.) I am subscribed to a couple of mailing lists that > > > send out daily comic strips in HTML format. When they come in though, > > > all I see is the code because it isn't being displayed properly. How do > > > I get it to display HTML properly? I know you'll ask what IMAP server > > > I'm using, but I'm not really sure. How do I check? > > > > telnet mail.espersunited.com 143 > > Trying 68.15.193.18â?¦ > > Connected to mail.espersunited.com. > > Escape character is '^]'. > > * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS AUTH=LOGIN] bullet.espersunited.com IMAP4rev1 2003.338rh at Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:41:04 -0500 (CDT) > > > > This is the UW-IMAP server. > > > > If you post some sample raw headers from the messages in question, someone > > here who's knowledgeable on this topic will explain to you why the messages > > in questions are not formatted correctly. > > > > When using POP3, your mail client is responsible for decoding messages. > > When using IMAP, the IMAP server is mostly responsible. > > > > It's likely that the messages in question are not correctly formatted. Your > > mail client happens to decode them, but the UW-IMAP is more strict, and > > refuses to do so. In either case, the problem will be with the sender's > > software. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: not available > > Type: application/pgp-signature > > Size: 189 bytes > > Desc: not available > > Url : /archives/fedora-list/attachments/20040714/ff6a67be/attachment.bin >
