Majordomo doesn't recognize MIME

Wed Mar 13 23:12:34 PST 2002

> Folks,
> 
> Would someone like to explain this issue to Rick, please?
> 
> Stewart

It's one of the FAQ at http://www.linuxgazette.com/

We get people trying to send us email in plaintext+HTML all the time; 
most of the answerfolk there refuse to answer such messages, but the more 
kindly of us pass them the link.

Mail list servers should not be expected to handle MIME encoded attachments
during administrivia handling - it's too much of an obvious place to find 
serious processing bugs that may lead to either root or mail-admin exploits.

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> At 07:57 PM 3/12/2002 -0800, Rick Pam wrote:
> >Hi gang --
> >
> >I have someone using Outlook Express whose queries can't be read by Majordomo--it says they're in MIME format.  This happens from his remote machine outside Stanford (via earthlink).   I've checked and his syntax and address line are correct.
> >
> >The error message:
> >
> >
> >
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: <majordomo at lists.Stanford.EDU>
> >>Subject: Majordomo results:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> >>>> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> >>> *** Your message is in MIME format.
> >>> *** This server does not know how to process that.
> >>> *** Please resend the message in plain text format.
> >>> *** Sorry for the inconvenience...
> >
> >
> >I don't know anything about Outlook Express.  Anyone know off the top of your head where to correct this in Outlook Express?
> 
> 
> Tools -> Options -> Send [Mail Sending Format = Plain Text]
> 
> 
> >Thanks
> >
> >Rick
> >
> >Rick Pam
> >Department of Physics, Varian 314
> >Stanford University
> >382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-4060, USA
> >Tel:    1-650-725-2365
> >Fax:    1-650-723-9389
> >email:    rpam at stanford.edu
> >
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