[WinMac] Mime vs. HTML mail;Netscape vs. OE

Robert F. Crean(bobcrean[at]sover.net)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:19:39 -0400

>
> You want to blame someone for HTML mail - blame Netscape who
> invented the silly thing when there were too lazy to properly
> implement MIME.
>
>
This is an issue that has been driving us crazy for some time now. We have
PCs running NT and Netscape, Macs running Netscape and some with OE. Many
of our clients have PCs but are using either Outlook or Exchange (are they
two different things?).

Sometimes attachments come in and the macs running oe can read them,
sometimes not. Sometimes its oe that can read them but not netscape.
Sometimes the other way around.

There appear to be switches in both programs for outgoing mail but I dont
quite understand the whole mess.

Can someone explain the difference between Mime, html, plain text, and, with
attachments what does encoding (base 64 etc) have to do with the above or
vice versa.

thanks

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