OL2003: how can I send a message in plain text format?

P

Pat Willener

I do the following: Actions -> New Mail Message Using -> Plain Text.
The new message window opens with (Plain Text) in the title.
I write my message and send it off.
When it arrives at the other side it is a HTML message.
Actually it is a multi-part message that has three parts:

------_=_NextPart_001_01C4B584.3D358166
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="ISO-8859-1"

(plain text message)

------_=_NextPart_001_01C4B584.3D358166
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="ISO-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2657.73">
<TITLE>(subject line)</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>(original plain text message)<FONT>
</P>

</BODY>
</HTML>

------_=_NextPart_001_01C4B584.3D358166--
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>

<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2657.73">
<TITLE>(subject line)</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>(original plain text message)</FONT>
</P>

</BODY>
</HTML>

Question: who is doing that - Outlook, or the Exchange Server?
How can I turn this off?
Thanks!
 
N

neo [mvp outlook]

By the looks of the content you supplied, it is the Exchange server that is
generating this. There is an option in/on the Internet Mail Connector (this
is in the Exchange Administrator program) to send plain text an/or HTML. My
guess is that the HTML option is checked.
 

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