[quote user="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 [/quote]
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:
[quote]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
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Stan Hilliard <usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com> wrote in
news:rkama4dov53bappeiredaetuupf5m1r32c@4ax.com:[/quote]
Here is the the DOCTYPE html:
[quote]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">=
[/quote]
RESULTS AT MY ISP -- The problem occurred. Here is the email:
[quote]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>
[/quote] 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:
[quote]<!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">=[/quote]
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.
[quote user="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:
&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt;
&lt;html&nbsp; xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"&gt;
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 [/quote]
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:
[quote]From:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Stan Hilliard" &lt;shilliard@samplingplans.com&gt;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [Add to Address Book]
To:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; stanhilliard@comcast.net
Subject:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; XP NG post sent from Pegsaus on towerto Comcast
Date:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:38:41 PM
[View Source]
Stan Hilliard &lt;usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com&gt; wrote in
news:rkama4dov53bappeiredaetuupf5m1r32c@4ax.com:[/quote]
Here is the the DOCTYPE html:
[quote]Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable
Content-description: Mail message body
&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt;
&lt;html&nbsp; xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang=3D"en" lang=3D"en"&gt;=
[/quote]
&nbsp;
RESULTS AT MY ISP -- The problem occurred. Here is the email:
[quote]From: "Stan Hilliard" &lt;shilliard@samplingplans.com&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Save Address&nbsp; | Headers
To: shilliard@samplingplans.com
CC:
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:24:37 -0500
Subject: XP NG post from tower - UTF-8
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt;
Stan Hilliard &lt;usenetreplyMS@samplingplansNOTSPAM.com&gt; wrote in
news:rkama4dov53bappeiredaetuupf5m1r32c@4ax.com:
&lt;snip&gt;
[/quote] 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:
[quote]&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt;
&lt;html&nbsp; xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang=3D"en" lang=3D"en"&gt;=[/quote]
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.