martymas Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 hi all for some reason im recieving my emails from 2 sourcesin coded format i presume this is html my email client is OEcan it be truned off from my compt or is the problem from the senderhere is an example from a trade me site simliar to ebayhtml><head><style type="text/css">TD{FONT-FAMILY:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,"Sans Serif";FONT-SIZE:10pt}BODY{FONT-FAMILY:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,"Sans Serif";FONT-SIZE:10pt}</style></head><body bgColor="#eeeeee"><table cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="0" width="700" bgColor="#cccccc" border="0" align="center"><tr><td bgcolor="white"><table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="15" width="100%"><tr><td> <table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tr> <td><a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/track.asp?site=TM_outbid_notification_TM"><img src="http://www.trademe.co.nz/images/banner_kiwi2.gif" border="0"></a></td> <td align="center"></td></tr></table><hr size="0" color="#CCCCCC"><center><small>Security Note: Trade Me will never ask you for your password via email</small></center><hr size="0" color="#CCCCCC"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" width="100%"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" width="100%"><tr><td><small>This is an automated email regarding listing reference: 47588371</small><br><br>Hi lani,<br><br><b><a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.asp?id=47588371">Maxtor 8.4GB 5400RPM UDMA33 Hard Disk Drive</a></b><br><br>Your bid of $12.50 has been beaten by another member.<br><br>The next minimum bid is $14.05.<br>This auction is due to close at 1:07pm, Friday 17 February.<br><br><center><font size="3"><b><a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.asp?id=47588371">Place a higher bid</a></b></font></center><br><br><br>Happy trading!<br><br><br><br>The Trade Me Team<br><a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz">www.trademe.co.nz</a><br><br><br><br><br><small>If you don't wish to receive these emails or prefer plain text email, please update your <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/my_trademe/preferences.asp">email options</a></small></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=white align=center><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5><tr><td><a href="http://www.oldfriends.co.nz/track.asp?site=TM_outbid_notification_TM_OF"><img src="http://www.trademe.co.nz/images/ads/email_footers/oldfriends_01.gif" border=0></a></td><td><small>Ever wondered what happened to the people from your primary school?<a href="http://www.oldfriends.co.nz/track.asp?site=TM_outbid_notification_TM_OF"><font color=blue>Look them up now!</font></a></small></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></body></html>marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 You probably have OE set to read emails as text only. If you wish to view these emails go to Tools > Options > Read tab and uncheck Read all messages as plain text. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Here the text. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 thanks TheTerrorist_75im not sure why read in plain text was checked is that the default settingsbecause this the first timeit has happened in all the years ive had a comptthanks handplane a samoian friend had cancer and he isnt in the best of healthhe used to come and have a fiddle on my compt so some of us decided to make him up a little small unit hence the bid for that small hddso he can enjoy his last days when trademe found the reason i was bidding for the hdd we got the hdd for nothing i just had to pay for the postage $8that was pretty generous of them and they have gone up in my booksbut that text thing is ok now strangly only from 2 sourceswas i getting that garbled stuff the rest of my emails was ok thanks again marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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