Ron Parker wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:34:29 -0400, Matt Giwer wrote:
> >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> >--------------130CED139398AB15E1C28502
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

> ^^^ Those aren't headers.  They're MIME Multipart separators.

> >       I look at my own messages and see no such thing. Why don't you
> >just adjust your reader not to show the message headers? Every

> A) That's because you're using a web browser instead of a news reader.
> B) Those aren't headers.  Even if you turn off headers, the useless MIME
>    crap shows up.  MIME is okay in binaries groups, because we expect it
>    there, but it is out of place in a text-only group.

	That confirms TIN being a primitive newreader. 

	So now the polite request is to switch modes depending upon
which newsgroup? 

> I'm usually happy to just ignore it, but when people are wrong and then
> get belligerent about their right to be wrong rather than solving the
> problem, it starts to bother me.

	So far as I can tell, one person appears to have a problem. And
his problem is that his newsreader is the lowest common
denominator. And if you do not mind, that bothers me. If someone
wants to complain my website is not compatible with Lynx, I do
not think my response would be belligerant. 

	As to rude, I direct your attention to his first post to me on
the subject. 

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