Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] warning to AOL users
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 06:47:11 -0500

Is there anything in preventing AOL 6 users from using alternative email
programs such as Eudora?

Dan C.

At 10:40 PM 08-11-00 -0800, Brian Reid wrote:
>I installed AOL 6 tonight to check it out, and I find that it does not
>have the ability to send plain text email.
>
>This means that if you are an AOL user, and you upgrade to AOL 6, you
>will not be able to send mail to the LUG. You will have no problem
>receiving mail from the LUG, you just won't be able to send.
>
>This is the first example I've ever seen of an email system that cannot
>send plaintext mail. I hope it's not the beginning of a trend, and I
>hope that AOL mends its ways. There are deep technical reasons why
>requiring plaintext mail on something like the LUG is a good idea.
>
>Brian Reid
>LUG janitor
>
>
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