Mime problem with Entourage 2004

[Richard Tomkins]

I was doing some work with a listserver, a majordomo, to unsubscribe myself
from a list that I no longer have interest in.

I get the following entry at the top of all messages sent to me from the
listserver.

³This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not
understand...²

I have searched the internet and all the help files and also Microsoft and
it just seems to escape me somehow.
It is not clear to me how to configure Entourage to understand Mime or even
accept it as valid data.

Would some kind soul set me right.

Regards, rtt

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

I was doing some work with a listserver, a majordomo, to unsubscribe
myself from a list that I no longer have interest in.

I get the following entry at the top of all messages sent to me from the
listserver.

“This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not
understand...”

Hi Richard!

What is the unsubscribe process for the list server? Most simply need
you to send a message to a specific address (not the same address where
you'd send mail to other members) with something like the word
UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. The body can be left blank.

You might also try sending a plain text message rather than an HTML message.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

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[William Smith [MVP]]

Thank you for the helpful message, I believe that I was able to un-subscribe
as per your directions.

I did want to know why I got the message about MIME as well as have a
solution to the problem.

Hi Richard!

I've no idea why you received the message. I'd probably need to see the
exact message you're trying to send and also be subscribed to the same
mailing list to understand its nature. If you were able to unsubscribe
then that's all that matters.

MIME is simply a type of encoding that all mail messages go through so
that they can pass between the lowest common denominator mail server
(the most basic mail server) without corrupting. It's simply a standard.

Most error messages aren't written very well or can be invoked as the
application's "best guess" as to what's happening. You had some sort of
problem. The message itself may just be erroneous.

--

bill

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