> THIS IS A MESSAGE IN 'MIME' FORMAT. Your mail reader may not support MIME. > Some parts of this will be readable as plain text. > To see the rest, you may need to upgrade your mail reader. --_319bccae.4dc4.0_okaumail.att.net=_ Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This isn't specifically HP related, but rather a bit of info regarding the internet in general and microsoft exchange in particular. First off, thanks to all who took a moment to respond to my "warning" that the format might be a bit unusual... Based on those responses, I think I've determined the proper settings to avoid such an ugly mess in the future (and if I'm right, this message will prove or disprove those assumptions... :) ) In exhange, it is somewhat easier to "import" e-mail addresses than it is/was with msmail for windows. Msmail has an "all or nothing" approach, but it seems to get everything even if you select nothing... :) [there is a global setting that says "import addresses into personal address book", which I think takes action whenever you reply to something, although it appears to be capturing things received as well] Under exchange, if you select and double-click an address in the FROM or TO fields, you now have a seperate button to import the address shown. Depending on how and where the address gets imported, there MAY be a check-box labeled "always send to this recipient in Microsoft Exchange rich text format" and defaults to true. (I found some addresses where this option didn't show up at all, kind of hard to set or un-set something if the option isn't given :) ) For this message, I've un-checked the option in the address book, therefore this should not attempt to send the message in "rich text" (which is what I presume the base-64 encoded block of data was that followed the original portion of my message) The unfortunate thing about the internet and e-mail is that the more advanced it gets, the less legible everything becomes. While this provides an appearent opportunity to bash Unix, the truth of the matter is that the original MAIL program is perfectly suited to what it does, but nobody seems to want to use a "plain" e-mail package. While I might be happy using Robelle's Xpress program (only slightly fancier than MAIL, and in fact the interfacing between Xpress and the Internet is trivial), I like the organizational abilities of Exchange much more than Xpress, despite the hoops I have to jump through to get an Exchange message to look good to everyone else. Given enough time, energy, and resources to "check out" every e-mail package, I'm sure I'll find one that exceeds Exchange's abilities by as much as Exchange exceeds Xpress [tongue-twister intended not]. Till next time, Tom Emerson --_319bccae.4dc4.0_okaumail.att.net=_ Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="WINMAIL.DAT" Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="WINMAIL.DAT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 eJ8+IgQAAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5N aWNyb3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQ2ABAACAAAAAgACAAEEgAEALwAAAEV4Y2hhbmdlLCBn YXRld2F5cywgdGhlIGludGVybmV0LCBhbmQgc28gb24uLi4A8g8BBYADAA4AAADMBwUAEAAR ADYAAgAEADUBASCAAwAOAAAAzAcFABAAEQALAAoABAASAQEJgAEAIQAAADNGRTI3RTkyMUJB RkNGMTFCRTY2MDAyMEFGRTk2NEY1AFsHAQSQBgAwAQAAAQAAAAwAAAADAAAwAgAAAAsADw4A AAAAAgH/DwEAAABNAAAAAAAAAABglGRgQbgBCAArK4opAABBNF0AZAAaAC0AIAAAABQAJ0hQ MzAwMCcAaW50ZXJuZXQhaHAzMDAwLWxAdXRjdm0udXRjLmVkdQAAAAAeAAIwAQAAAAUAAABT TVRQAAAAAB4AAzABAAAAIAAAAGludGVybmV0IWhwMzAwMC1sQHV0Y3ZtLnV0Yy5lZHUAAwAV DAEAAAADAP4PBgAAAB4AATABAAAACQAAACdIUDMwMDAnAAAAAAIBCzABAAAAJQAAAFNNVFA6 SU5URVJORVQhSFAzMDAwLUxAVVRDVk0uVVRDLkVEVQAAAAADAAA5AAAAAAsAQDoAAAAAAgH2 DwEAAAAEAAAAAAAAAlowAQOQBgCQCAAAEAAAAAsAIwAAAAAAAwAmAAAAAAALACkAAAAAAAMA NgAAAAAAQAA5AIBL6FaLQ7sBHgBwAAEAAAAvAAAARXhjaGFuZ2UsIGdhdGV3YXlzLCB0aGUg aW50ZXJuZXQsIGFuZCBzbyBvbi4uLgAAAgFxAAEAAAAWAAAAAbtDi1bgkn7iSq8bEc++ZgAg r+lk9QAAAwAGEEOjdIEDAAcQ1AcAAB4ACBABAAAAZQAAAFRISVNJU05UU1BFQ0lGSUNBTExZ SFBSRUxBVEVELEJVVFJBVEhFUkFCSVRPRklORk9SRUdBUkRJTkdUSEVJTlRFUk5FVElOR0VO RVJBTEFORE1JQ1JPU09GVEVYQ0hBTkdFSU4AAAAAAgEJEAEAAAA1BwAAMQcAAGcLAABMWkZ1 fopEyP8ACgEPAhUCqAXrAoMAUALyCQIAY2gKwHNldDI3BgAGwwKDMgPFAgBwckJxEeJzdGVt AoMztwLkBxMCgzQSzBTINQTWwRM1QnJ1c2gGAAUE9E1UAoM2A0UTNQdtAoAufQqACM8J2Tsc DzI1HjUdIx5BHF8JljEyOA8fZRsxDaILYG5nMTC+MxRQCwoVYgHQGhBoBACSIAQAbicFQHNw BZAJBpBpYwdAbHkgSBxQIBwQC2AT0GQsIFRidQVAciUwaASQIEphJYBpBUBvZiOQbpsCECTx ZwsRC4BnICXxnybBE9AEoBHAJsEgZwnwhwSQB0AmMG5kIG0kYM0DYHMmoAVAZXgRcSGwVSfi IAqxdCRgdQtgcmYuCoUKhUZpEaAmgmbXJXAl8ABwawQgdCcAJIGYIHdoJwAtkG9rJjH/BGAH gAIwLYIcECQAAiApYOUtkW0ksCJ3CsADACGw3iItEi8BJ9ECEHIAwAVAaSmAZ2gFQGIn4CZE dapuGBB1B0AuMzAgF+D+YRGwKWACICexKcAn4C9UdRGwcyVwSSexC4AucEn8J3Yn4A2wKCEp gChQL7H7J9ETUG8kEAXAEbErECGw8S10dm9pKWAy8BFwKTH9MrBnJKEHgSOBM/IxQSWguwhw J+AoKUIGkDWRbSTw7zHiLQIjcTlCYSqBA/At0f824TXBBbEncCQAPNM0FDOQNTLwbQUwaTSx MzI6KfQgKSucSQOgKiAqUyVwvyZxI3Ep0AeALgAw8WUzkHsIkS2CIgdwL4AAIDCwZcYtAMAD EWFkZC9RNNH7LRNBBC8wQAQgA/Al8ClwnnNDUzFhPGEpUG93PuC9M2BNRZQRgAQgA5EiLcKZ BbFubzVCMKFhcDbh/QDQaCV0JnERsBPgLXMowPMqATXAcnlIU0qSRHEmsPZ5CGA3QWwFkAVA SDU+9XwgWyXyJ+FHYSiwG6Bi/ykRN1UwxDwgE7BClkOZKAH3JwA3ESnQbikSQ7QlgC5RfiIl cC4AJGAYMDUmAZBr/weRANA+oi3xKNFKsUvDHBD/C1AksC2RQXJIUyVwB0A0Ef848BgwJnFI wUIAEaAtgjIxPyRwBTAIcSeTN5McEGNlnmk1wClgRQIlEGxdM2D+VSlQJhEqJkDxS7spQkZg 5nUCYEMwY2wkYC5xA6BDUcY5lUZST009ElTmTzFQCJBsZDTxS9JIMP8H4BGANcEmQBGwNxEl MSWC/y2QM/EnAE/VJ8JRxhggRnD6biuNRGCRKVAngjPhYvH/KTNUYTpBYipKYSOBQsMlUnFN hE1BWTIkEXAFkGvyLQbgeCALYDIwTDApYP9HsTBAT5ERsC+kO6NZIQUg1wiQLvEokU0pl0Uq NgUQ+ziRE9B4BUAxZEihXEINwF5hK0BmsWpiGABlM1Eo/zUgAhAywDhRLsFDmWV2I3E3NwBU EydwZCPDZPJ1cO8mMFAhJJAlcGtGQSaSEYHvL7MRsT0SMsAtdIJVxzqy9yfCcaUjpGdZYQOg PzIzYP5GBbE7qjUBNbJ08WhzNnX/dnY5pFHKZ2UxYXE1YuErQP8pYEgxcvET0QUxdFMvoifR 2zv2KJEibOcwsChStCNx/0GzNSATUAeQPnBltE5gEbDoLTY0KhBuBaANsClg7QJgb10RJqFk JTAmQETy/zDTAhAkkEZwefY7MQuAKRH/QtJUIiahMAE79T9tI1B5Uv8xYTogUYBg4Ur0AaAI YDEE/ygHKUJDNSNxMNcEYDpBQ6D+dgBwWUA6oXchZqFnY2kA/zlSTDB3QFyhSpoyMAWgB4H9 M1FXI2COoTujPMI4QFPC/11RV0Mu4jcAQtIywCZwVXPngkEYMFpQaXiNpG8BRVF/JqF+w33C BcCLmoWHZ+BJdkw20gnAYTsQkKIEkGb/TEEkoTLwJnA2cicAQbMmcd9GYDTiJZJIMAbgZJgh SebvMEAu9BgQMkIiC1NDFwqw/10QPDGP9zUgMdcRgEjQJLBfGBAngggAaTFMMCcEIFj3gYKQ s5cjKAIgmBJc8DHx/yShbmCC0EIzRFKWolZROpK/A6BuYExRJ8ejYY9EdFng/0txn+UpQifC QFAoJi1xBRD7kQAHQCk1AlzwU7CFNSdA/QMAeiUwPrEpEiZgXPArEPcHkSahbFdtOIKMU0RD n+S/JXCRIWsgiSOeYS5QcAQg9zUgYBMtkWo+cSexA2BWwn9KNQORqfg8BS2RG6AuYWffLlAv s0qjAiCOsWwRsDNRfkd3UwnwrjQHcSVwKNJnvnmi1C9RCGFZQC1zImhz/yaQJaBDEUqynF15 AjsQMvD/OkE1oC3RJFBzorGRMNMqId8J4F9QbEefsakoYiSwRQF/qoNFAWxXuNaf5U1wAiBn /QpQLaTQBACVEygRWmF9Y/5dK40HYC3RKFBtUbMDh+Z/A3BsQAeAUVIrnAqFGzEAAcNgAAAA AwAQEAAAAAADABEQAAAAAEAABzCg5yRahUO7AUAACDCg5yRahUO7AR4APQABAAAAAQAAAAAA AAAR2Q== --_319bccae.4dc4.0_okaumail.att.net=_--