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An unwanted URL path is inserted in my email bodies.

Last post 08-21-2008, 6:32 by StanH. 6 replies.
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  •  08-19-2008, 4:24

    • StanH is not online. Last active: 08-28-2008, 23:52 StanH
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    An unwanted URL path is inserted in my email bodies.

    When I send an email to myself, it comes back with the following unwanted URL path inserted as the first line of the email body:

              "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

    I recently upgraded to Pegasus 4.41 and am using it from a home network. The problem just started. I have no idea where the insertion comes from or whether it is put there by Pegasus or the outgoing Comcast SMTP or on my incoming ISP's POP3. 

    Any suggestions? Stan Hilliard 

     

     

  •  08-19-2008, 18:10

    Re: An unwanted URL path is inserted in my email bodies.

    Run a session log while sending the mail and then do the same thing when receiving.  If it's not there when sent and is when received something in between is causing the problem.  Could be the server and even more likely it's the anti-virus/spam software running between WinPMail and the host.

     

     

    Thomas R. Stephenson
    San Jose, California
    Member of Pegasus Mail Support Team

  •  08-19-2008, 18:19

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    Re: An unwanted URL path is inserted in my email bodies.

    Thomas R. Stephenson:
    Run a session log ...
    I cannot repeat the problem today, although it has happened on two different days in the past. (8/17 & 8/18 2008)  I will run the session log the next time the problem is occurring.

     Stan HiIliard 

  •  08-19-2008, 20:59

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    Re: An unwanted URL path is inserted in my email bodies.

    This insertion is quite normal and is part of the header information for an html stream. The following is an example of the complete !DOCTYPE tag:

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
              "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

     

    If for some reason you do not see this complete tag with both open and close angle brackets, then you have a problem that the senders must solve.

    Martin

     

     

  •  08-21-2008, 0:49

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    Re: An unwanted URL path is inserted in my email bodies.

    Please pardon this duplicate post. I deleted the contents.

  •  08-21-2008, 0:54

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    Re: An unwanted URL path is inserted in my email bodies.

    Please pardon this duplicate post. I deleted the contents.

  •  08-21-2008, 6:32

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    Re: An unwanted URL path is inserted in my email bodies.

    irelam:
    This insertion is quite normal and is part of the header information for an html stream. The following is an example of the complete !DOCTYPE tag:

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
              "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

    If for some reason you do not see this complete tag with both open and close angle brackets, then you have a problem that the senders must solve.

    Martin


    I found how to reproduce the result. Using Pegasus I pasted a newsgroup message for into an email and sent it to two mailboxes -- one at my Comcast account and one at my mailbox at my website provider (ISP).

    RESULTS AT COMCAST -- the problem did not occur. Here is the email:

    From:
        "Stan Hilliard" <shilliard@samplingplans.com>

        [Add to Address Book]
    To:
        stanhilliard@comcast.net
    Subject:
        XP NG post sent from Pegsaus on towerto Comcast
    Date:
        Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:38:41 PM

    [View Source]
    Stan Hilliard <usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote in
    news:rkama4dov53bappeiredaetuupf5m1r32c@4ax.com:


    Here is the the DOCTYPE html:

    Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
    Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable
    Content-description: Mail message body

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
              "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html  xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang=3D"en" lang=3D"en">=

     

    RESULTS AT MY ISP -- The problem occurred. Here is the email:

    From: "Stan Hilliard" <shilliard@samplingplans.com>     Save Address  | Headers
    To: shilliard@samplingplans.com
    CC:
    Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:24:37 -0500
    Subject: XP NG post from tower - UTF-8
              "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    Stan Hilliard <usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote in
    news:rkama4dov53bappeiredaetuupf5m1r32c@4ax.com:
    <snip>
    At the ISP, there is no DOCTYPE statement in the header.

    In this test, the problem only occurred at when viewed on the ISP's server using Firefox. I downloaded a copy of that email with Pegasus. On my PC, the DOCTYPE html is in the header:

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
              "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html  xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang=3D"en" lang=3D"en">=


    So the problem occurs when I read the email on the ISPs server but not when I download it into Pegasus and open it there.
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