IMAP doesn't like HTML formatting

[Sam Varshavchik]

Michael Sullivan writes:

> I recently switched my email account on my espersunited.com server from
> POP to IMAP (POP is still supported, I think, but I prefer IMAP because
> I have access to all my folders and mail wherever I am and not just on
> my home computer.)  I am subscribed to a couple of mailing lists that
> send out daily comic strips in HTML format.  When they come in though,
> all I see is the code because it isn't being displayed properly.  How do
> I get it to display HTML properly?  I know you'll ask what IMAP server
> I'm using, but I'm not really sure.  How do I check?

telnet mail.espersunited.com 143
Trying 68.15.193.18…
Connected to mail.espersunited.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS AUTH=LOGIN] bullet.espersunited.com IMAP4rev1 2003.338rh at Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:41:04 -0500 (CDT)

This is the UW-IMAP server.

If you post some sample raw headers from the messages in question, someone 
here who's knowledgeable on this topic will explain to you why the messages 
in questions are not formatted correctly.

When using POP3, your mail client is responsible for decoding messages.  
When using IMAP, the IMAP server is mostly responsible.

It's likely that the messages in question are not correctly formatted.  Your 
mail client happens to decode them, but the UW-IMAP is more strict, and 
refuses to do so.  In either case, the problem will be with the sender's 
software.

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