Perhaps the quote you pasted in was formatted text or even a graphic? But if you're using Apple's Mail program and have it set to Plain Text, then it should have thrown away the formatting. I know that when I attempt to forward mail with fonts that are larger and colored, all of that formatting disappears. Shirley On Aug 7, 2004, at 4:24 PM, Dorothy Hennings wrote: > My message was returned with this quote: > > Your message cannot be posted. It has the content-type: > multipart/alternative, > and this list accepts text only. > > I did send only text. It included a quote that I pasted in from > another email. What does this message mean? > > Thank you, > George > > > ---------- > <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/MacDV.html>. > Send a message to <MacDV-DIGEST at themacintoshguy.com> to switch to the > digest version. >