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Sending Plain Text E-mail Messages

Netscape Communicator 3.xx

 

Unfortunately, Netscape Communicator 3 also comes packaged with mail programs whose default configuration is to send HTML formatted mail.

• Click "Tools" then click on "Mail Options"
• Click on the "Send" tab.
• In the "Mail Sending Format" area, click the check box next to "Plain Text"
• Click on "Settings..."
• In the section "Message Format", click "MIME". In the check box next to "Encode text using", select "None".
• Uncheck the check box next to "Allow 8-bit characters in headers"
• Click on "OK"

 

Original material courtesy of Gerald E. Boyd.