[X4U] Mail chokes on AOL emails?

[Birgit Rhoads]

Thanks, easier to change message to plain text.  I did not realize the 
messages were in rich text!
Birgit
On Mar 23, 2005, at 1:37 AM, Scott McCulloch wrote:

> I just took a look at the Apple discussion boards... looks like it has 
> to do with people sending from the Windows AOL *Optimized* version.
>
> There was no other "fix" or workaround for this mentioned (that I've 
> found) other than either composing a new email with your reply (as you 
> do), or changing the message view to the plain text alternative (which 
> I do).
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:31 PM, Birgit Rhoads wrote:
>
>> YESSSS!@%&.  But not all AOL addresses.  Some people must have set a 
>> special filter.  I give up.  I just open a new window and reply.
>> Birgit
>> On Mar 23, 2005, at 1:26 AM, Scott McCulloch wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've just come across something interesting with Mail, and wondering 
>>> if anyone else has experienced this before.
>>>
>>> I got an email from someone on AOL (not 100% sure that's the 
>>> relevant part), and when I tried to "Reply", no reply email window 
>>> opened. I hit "Reply" again... nothing. I hit "Reply All"... 
>>> nothing. So I quit and relaunched Mail. It opened with the three 
>>> reply email windows ready to go, but empty - no quoted email content 
>>> there at all. So I got rid of them and tried again... and again 
>>> nothing. Then I did View->Message->Plain Text Alternative, and then 
>>> hit "Reply" again - this time, the reply message window opened as it 
>>> should.
>>>
>>> Anyone else experiencing anything similar? Or know what's going on? 
>>> Is it a known bug that emails from AOL will have this problem?
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
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