Yep, it's due to Outlook's brain-damage. The default is HTML, and outlook encapsulates that whole thing into "winmail.dat." I believe there is software out there to correct the problem, or you can tell the people to re-send in plain text. Found one for Netscape at least: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fentun/?highlig ht=winmail.dat Microsoft calls the encapsulation Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF), another Microsoft "standard" > > hey all - i really really like pine. its nifty :-) one problem > tho. whenever anyone sends me mail from outlook express pine dosen't > display the message. Anyone had similar problems..i'm using version > 4.21..so the version thati have isn't too old.... > jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone:603.930.9739 fax:978.446.9470 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thought for today: sys-frog /sis'frog/ n. [the PLATO system] Playful variant of `sysprog', which is in turn short for `systems programmer'. ********************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **********************************************************
