XCLN: Sending Messages In Rich-Text Format |
The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Windows 95
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Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95
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Microsoft Exchange Internet Provider
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Microsoft Outlook 97
SUMMARY
The Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client allows you to send messages
through the Microsoft Exchange Internet Provider in rich-text format.
To view rich-text attributes, the recipient must also use Microsoft
Exchange or another messaging system that displays rich-text formatting.
Messaging systems that do not support rich-text formatting will display
messages as plain text without special attributes or formatting.
Rich-text format attributes include:
Font name
Font size
Character color
Bold
Italic
Underline
Strikethrough
Bulleted lists
You may want to disable rich-text formatting in messages sent to
recipients
whose e-mail systems do not decode and display these attributes.
MORE INFORMATION
PROPERTIES CONCEPT
By default, when you send a rich-text message using the Microsoft Exchange
Internet Mail Provider, a MIME-encoded description of the formatting is
included with the message. You can also send messages without MIME; this
will cause a special file to be attached called WINMAIL.DAT. WINMAIL.DAT
is
appended to the message in UUENCODED format. This encoding includes rich-
text attributes and formatting details for the mail message.
When a rich-text format message is sent using MIME, an entry similar to
the
following is added to the header of the message:
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----
=_NextPart_000_01BA6275.348C1000"
Status: RO
X-STATUS
======
------ =_NextPart_000_01BA6275.348C1000
------ =_NextPart_000_01BA6275.348C1000
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Following the header is the message body, followed by MIME-encoded rich-
text formatting information similar to the following:
------ =_NextPart_000_01BA6275.348C1000
Content-Type: application/ms-tnef
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
eJ8+IisSAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAENgAQAAgAAAAEAAQ
ABBJAGAEgBAAABAAAADAAAAAMAADACAAAACwAPDgAAAAACAf8PAQAAAHQAAAAAAAAAtTvC
wCx3EBqhvAgAKypWwhUAAAB2ZPLzl7rOEa5RAKoAQkrnpIAAAAAAAACBKx+kvqMQGZ1uAN
0BD1QCAAAAAEdyZWcgS3VkYXN6IChhdCBjcmlzLmNvbSkAU01UUABna3VkYXN6QGNyaXMu
Y29tAB4AAjABAAAABQAAAFNNVFAAAAAAHgADMAEAAAARAAAAZ2t1ZGFzekBjcmlzLmNvbQ
AAAAADABUMAQAAAAMA/g8GAAAAHgABMAEAAAAcAAAAJ0dyZWcgS3VkYXN6IChhdCBjcmlz
LmNvbSknAAIBCzABAAAAFgAAAFNNVFA6R0tV
[. . .]
Alternatively, when a rich-text formatted message is sent using UUENCODE,
code similar to the following is added to the bottom of the message:
begin 600 WINMAIL.DAT
M>)\^(C<.`0:0" `$```````!``$``0>0!@`(````Y 0```````#H``$%@ ,`
M#@```,L'" `$``<`)P`O``4`0 $!"8 !`"$````S,S5$,C,W,#%"0T-#13$Q
M04,S,C4R-#$U,S0X,# P,0#8!@$@@ ,`#@```,L'" `$``<`)P`V``4`1P$!
M"( '`!@```!)4$TN36EC<F]S;V9T($UA:6PN3F]T90`Q" $$@ $`& ```%MS
M;71P.F=K=61A<WI 8W)I<RYC;VU=``T)`0V ! `"`````@`"``$#D 8```$`
M``P```! `#D`X!.6)7ABN@$>`' ``0```!@```!;<VUT<#IG:W5D87-Z0&-R
[. . .]
Note that the MIME encoding and WINMAIL.DAT information are not legible
text. Only Microsoft Exchange and messaging systems compatible with rich-
text formatting can translate the formatting details contained in the MIME
encoding and in WINMAIL.DAT.
TOGGLING RICH-TEXT FORMAT
The following scenarios outline when a message sent though the Internet
with Microsoft Exchange will be delivered in rich-text format.
New Address Book Entry
Rich text is a property that can be set per recipient with the Internet
Mail Provider. You can set the rich-text option in the personal address
book by choosing New Entry from the Address Book File menu, and selecting
Internet Address. By default, rich-text formatting is off for new entries.
Adding Address Book Entry from Message
If you receive mail from a sender that is not in your personal address
book, you can add that person by examining the details on that sender
(double-click the sender's alias name in the From box), and clicking the
Add To: Personal Address Book button. The new entry will have rich-text
formatting off by default for the alias you are creating.
You can select (check) the Always Send To This Recipient In Microsoft
Exchange Rich-Text Format check box to turn on rich-text formatting for
the
new alias. This setting will be used when you choose the name from the
address book for both of the above examples.
NOTE: The above two examples are true for the Microsoft Exchange Internet
Provider that ships with Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95. Other providers
may have different defaults.
Entering Address in [smtp:user@domain.net] Format
Instead of choosing an alias from the personal address book, you can use
one of two forms of "one-off addressing." One-off addressing allows you to
enter an alias directly in the To box when you compose a message.
The first form of one-off addressing is to type the address enclosed in
brackets with the SMTP address designator. Messages addressed in this
format will be delivered in rich-text format.
Example:
TO: [smtp:postmaster@company.com]
Entering Address in user@domain.net Format
The second form of one-off addressing is to enter the address without
enclosing the address in brackets. Messages addressed in this format will
NOT be delivered in rich-text format.
Example:
TO: postmaster@company.com
NOTE: For the above two examples, you can toggle the rich-text setting
using the following steps:
- Click the Check Names button on the toolbar or press CTRL+K.
- Double-click the alias name in the To box.
- Add or remove the check mark in the Always Send To This Recipient
In Microsoft Exchange Rich-Text Format box.
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