12 Dec
2003
12 Dec
'03
8:19 a.m.
Hi all,
In light of the recent thread about email headers, somebody may be able
to help with this one.
I don't normally have any problems with the emails that I send out;
however one particular person who I send mail to complains that anything
I send to him appears in a much larger (unbearably so) font than mail
that he receives from anyone else. Maybe someone can have a look at the
header on this message and see if there's anything obviously missing (it
looks fine to me)
FYI, a reply from him showed the following info about his client:
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200
I suspect I send email to a good many people using the same client /
version, so there's nothing odd about that.
I'm using Evolution as a client on a linux box, with sendmail doing the
address munging so that my reply address appears correctly, so that's a
little atypical but not *that* odd.
Anyone shed any light on what's going on? I would have said it was a
problem with his client, if he'd been getting the same font problem
elsewhere, but it seems like his version of Outlook doesn't like mail
sent by Evolution for some reason...
cheers
Jules
12 Dec
12 Dec
8:16 a.m.
New subject: Email header question
My outlook express is 5.50.4807.1700 and everything looks fine here .
Geoff.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk(a)yahoo.co.uk>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 10:07 PM
Subject: OT: Email header question
Hi all,
In light of the recent thread about email headers, somebody may be able
to help with this one.
I don't normally have any problems with the emails that I send out;
however one particular person who I send mail to complains that anything
I send to him appears in a much larger (unbearably so) font than mail
that he receives from anyone else. Maybe someone can have a look at the
header on this message and see if there's anything obviously missing (it
looks fine to me)
FYI, a reply from him showed the following info about his client:
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200
I suspect I send email to a good many people using the same client /
version, so there's nothing odd about that.
I'm using Evolution as a client on a linux box, with sendmail doing the
address munging so that my reply address appears correctly, so that's a
little atypical but not *that* odd.
Anyone shed any light on what's going on? I would have said it was a
problem with his client, if he'd been getting the same font problem
elsewhere, but it seems like his version of Outlook doesn't like mail
sent by Evolution for some reason...
cheers
Jules
8:52 a.m.
New subject: Email header question
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
Sent: 12 December 2003 22:07
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: OT: Email header question
that he receives from anyone else. Maybe someone can have a look at the
header on this message and see if there's anything obviously missing (it
looks fine to me)
Looks fine from Outlook 2000, but then again it would. Your version of
Evolution (1.2.2) is much more updated than mine on the webserver, but I
suspect I'd get no problems there either.
FYI, a reply from him showed the following info about
his client:
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200
*bites tongue*
mmmmmf
problem with his client, if he'd been getting the
same font problem
elsewhere, but it seems like his version of Outlook doesn't like mail
sent by Evolution for some reason...
*tries to resist OE comment*
*fails*
Bollocks to it - OE is broken and one of the biggest wastes of ones and
zeros ever to grace this planet after 'doze versions 1, 2 and 3. Oh, and ME,
which should never have existed, ever.
Out of all the flamewars I read on USENET most of 'em are either from or
directed to OE users who think it's a USENET client AND a mail program AND a
virus transfer agent. It does too many things by default that no self
respecting mail client should, ie the 'preview pane' with FULL (micro$oft)
HTML support, automatic decoding/opening of attachments etc, and before the
OE supporters start jumping down my neck I KNOW these things can be turned
off or disabled, mostly, but the vast majority OE users wouldn't know where
to look or what to do.
*successfully bites tongue about web pages created with frontpage express*
cheers
--
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9:26 a.m.
New subject: Email header question
Hiyas,
Looks fine from Outlook 2000, but then again it would.
Your version of
Evolution (1.2.2) is much more updated than mine on the webserver, but I
suspect I'd get no problems there either.
1.2.2's actually getting a little old now, I keep on meaning to upgrade
it just to see if a later version is any slicker (or a little faster; I
run it across the network displaying on a remote desktop)
*tries to resist OE comment*
*fails*
Bollocks to it - OE is broken and one of the biggest wastes of ones and
zeros ever to grace this planet after 'doze versions 1, 2 and 3.
*successfully bites tongue about web pages created
with frontpage express*
you're in serious danger of setting me off too :P
unfortunately my parents bought their PC with ME installed on it - the
stability of that product is pitiful (no it isn't loaded up with all
sorts of software, yes it is patched and virus / spyware free). And
don't even think about actually accessing remote fileshares with it...
you missed out mentioning Word's wonderful 'save as HTML' ability, btw
;-)
I do have plenty of friends who do use OE and Internet Explorer and
survive though, although it seems like at least once a week one of them
complains of sluggish computer response, and a scan reveals their
machine to be riddled with spyware... bletch!
cheers
Jules
12:48 p.m.
On 12 Dec 2003, Jules Richardson wrote:
I'm using Evolution as a client on a linux box,
with sendmail doing the
address munging so that my reply address appears correctly, so that's a
little atypical but not *that* odd.
Anyone shed any light on what's going on? I would have said it was a
problem with his client, if he'd been getting the same font problem
elsewhere, but it seems like his version of Outlook doesn't like mail
sent by Evolution for some reason...
If I were you, I would make sure I was sending out plain-text ASCII
messages first of all. There shouldn't be any way OE would misinterpret
that (but I'm sure MS would figure out a way).
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