[Idyllchat] HTML gobbledy gook in messages

Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:05:06 -0400

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I'm not sure what email client (program) you are using but it may be 
something called Webmail. In any event, it seems to be reading HTML 
files as straight ASCII text, which means either than it does not 
recognize and interpret HTML messages or, more likely, the option 
settings for the program are set incorrectly.

Look for a menu option in your mail program that says something like 
Settings or Properties or Options and look at the various lists for 
something referencing HTML and try different settings. Almost all 
email programs recognize HTML, though some render it badly or 
minimally, but any of those would mask the raw HTML that you are 
seeing. If there is an encoding option, set it to MIME. Alternately, 
there may be a "text only" option which would strip it.

Best I can do without knowing the program.

Jerry

At 02:32 PM 7/22/2006, you wrote:

>I am new to IdyllChat and would like to know if there is some way to 
>avoid all the HTML gobbledy gook that appears with each message? 
>This is a real pain to scroll through and try to identify the real 
>message from the stuff about fonts, etc. Surely there's a way to avoid this?
>
>ParisParis

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I'm not sure what email client (program) you are using but it may be
something called Webmail. In any event, it seems to be reading HTML files
as straight ASCII text, which means either than it does not recognize and
interpret HTML messages or, more likely, the option settings for the
program are set incorrectly. 
Look for a menu option in your mail program that says something like
Settings or Properties or Options and look at the various lists for
something referencing HTML and try different settings. Almost all email
programs recognize HTML, though some render it badly or minimally, but
any of those would mask the raw HTML that you are seeing. If there is an
encoding option, set it to MIME. Alternately, there may be a &quot;text
only&quot; option which would strip it. 
Best I can do without knowing the program. 
Jerry 
At 02:32 PM 7/22/2006, you wrote: 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I am new to
IdyllChat and would like to know if there is some way to avoid all the
HTML gobbledy gook that appears with each message? This is a real pain to
scroll through and try to identify the real message from the stuff about
fonts, etc. Surely there's a way to avoid this? 
ParisParis</blockquote></body>
 
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