Message-Id: <339C461A.3E81@boi.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 12:06:18 -0600
From: Bill Blohm <bblohm@boi.hp.com>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: errors
kolsen@imagelan.com wrote:
>
> Unlikely, as this problem only appears to have been seen by people using
> netscape to read email. If anyone knows what message it was choking on I
> would be interested in seeing it - with complete headers.
Not a valid statement. I use Netscape to read e-mail, and
I've not been choking on any baidarka list messages. Perhaps
you chould have clarified this as Netscape earlier/later than
version X.XX, platform Yyyyy? I'm running version 3.0, HP-UX.
> It's tough to send corrupt email. It's more likely someone elses email
> package is sending something - character sequence, header field, MIME
> contents, that your email package can't handle. Tech support should
> have looked at your mailbox to see what email your package was choking
> on and deleted that specific item. Deleting the entire mailbox is the lazy
> way, and it doesn't identify the problem.
I think I'd agree that someone's using either an "objectionable"
mail sender or has their settings off somewhere. For example, my
newsreader (tin, not Netscape) chokes on Mime compliant messages
but Netscape, when I play with the newsgroups with it, has no such
problem.
Also agree your tech support was too...lazy. As Kirk says, they
should have determined which message and why. Otherwise, the
problem could well return and they'll still have no clue.
Bill B.