Description of Internet News Sending Format Options

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Internet Mail and News version 1.0 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Mail and News version 1.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SUMMARY

Internet News contains Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Plain Text sending format options. The default sending format is Plain Text. To change the sending format, follow the steps in the appropriate section below:

Outlook Express

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

2. On the Send tab, click either HTML or Plain Text under News Sending Format.

3. Click OK.

Internet Mail and News

1. On the News menu, click Options.

2. On the Send tab, click either HTML or Plain Text under News Sending Format.

3. Click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

HTML is used to create text documents for publication on the World Wide Web. When you enable HTML in Internet Mail and News, all messages are saved in HTML format. If the recipient's mail or news program reads HTML formatting, the message appears in the correct HTML format when they open it. If the recipient's program does not read HTML formatting, the message appears as plain text with an HTML file attached. The recipient can view the attached file with all formatting by opening it in any Web browser.

Plain Text is simple text with no special formatting.

The HTML and Plain Text settings contain Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) message format options. MIME provides a standard for mail programs to encode and interpret data.

The three MIME message format options included in the HTML and Plain Text formats are Quoted Printable, Base64, and Allow 8-Bit Characters In Headers.

Quoted Printable

This option allows the use of special characters, such as a character with an accent mark.

Base64

Base64 is a MIME-encoded file transfer method for sending binary messages as text.

Allow 8-Bit Characters in Headers

This specifies that foreign character sets, high American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), or double-byte character sets are allowed in the header without encoding. If this check-box is cleared, these characters are encoded.

Uuencode

Uuencode is a way of converting binary files into plain text that can be inserted into a message, sent, and converted back to a binary file by the recipient. Although Uuencode resembles Base64, it is not a part of MIME messaging standards.