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
Richard Tomkins wrote: > 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 Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/> Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> YouTalk <http://nine.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/youtalk> Twitter: follow <http://twitter.com/meck>
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. Regards, On 8/13/08 11:50 PM, in article Ow3TiDc$IHA.3964@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl, "William Smith [MVP]" <mecklists@REM0VETH1S.comcast.net.INVALID> wrote: > Richard Tomkins wrote: > >> 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 > > 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!
Richard Tomkins wrote: > 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 Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/> Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> YouTalk <http://nine.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/youtalk> Twitter: follow <http://twitter.com/meck>
