Blank messages

[harvey]

Notwithstanding an occasional blank post, I have been both the sender and
recipient of such messages (header info only). In -every- case, including
those I sent, it was due to implementing special fonts, colors, or other
fancy features from mail readers.

For corresponding to friends on a regular basis, anything goes. However, as
a general rule for community use (mail lists, usenet groups), its better to
forget the HTML-type messages, and stick to vanilla ASCII -- it's "global"
in both use and acceptance, especially to folks with older software. 

Jim Harvey, RPT

At 08:17 AM 9/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Someone recently wrote:
>>I usually end up receiving about 3 out of every 4 of your posts.  One of
>>your posts today was blank.  I have been assuming that the problem was with
>>my computer because everyone else seems to reply to the ones I miss.  I did
>etc.
>
>I, too, have noticed this occurring, with increasing frequency since
>August. While folks may occasionally hit the "send" button before they type
>any content, I'm guessing it may be a bug in some server software. The same
>problem has happened on other lists I'm subscribed to; some folks receive
>the full message and others don't. Any news on this Andy?
>
>Patrick Draine