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Sending Plain Text E-mail Messages

MS Exchange v4.0 (Win 3.x, 95/98, and NT)

 

• From the Microsoft Exchange toolbar select "Tools"
• Select the "Services" tab.
• Highlight "Internet Mail"
• Click on "Properties..." An "Internet Mail, General" window will appear.
• Select "Message Format..." then make sure "Use MIME when sending messages" is unchecked. If you turn off MIME here, it will send attachments UUEncoded.
• Next, select "Character Set..." in the "Message Format" window
  • In the "UUENCODE Character Set" window
  • Click the down arrow that shows next to the rectangular "window" below where it says "specify a character set for message" text. A set of options will appear, including both "ISO 8859-1" and "US ASCII".
  • Check "US ASCII", then click "OK". This will remove equal signs and "=3D" codes in messages.
  • Then click "OK" on the "Options" menu.

NOTE: As you close the various windows on the way back a message will appear, advising that "configuration changes will not take effect until the next time you log onto Internet Mail".

 

Original material courtesy of Gerald E. Boyd.