Managing Recipient Settings

Use the Plain Text MIME Option

If a mailbox-enabled user cannot interpret HTML, select the MIME option of Provide message body as plain text. When this option is selected, a message body is composed of text only. Graphics and active links are replaced with textual representations. Character formatting, such as bold, underline, and color is not retained.

Important   When you select the MIME option, you cannot select the UUEncode option. When you select the MIME option of Provide message body as plain text, you can also select the Use Microsoft Exchange rich-text format option.

To configure POP3 settings using the plain text MIME option:

  1. Start Active Directory Users and Computers
    On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
  2. In Active Directory Users and Computers, on the View menu, click Advanced Features.
  3. In the console tree, expand the Windows 2000 domain. Double-click Users, or double-click the node that contains the recipient information you want to modify.
  4. In the details pane, double-click the mailbox-enabled user you are configuring POP3 settings for.
  5. On the Exchange Advanced tab, click Protocol Settings.
  6. In the Protocols dialog box, select POP3, and then click Settings.
  7. In the POP3 Protocol Details dialog box, select the Enable for mailbox check box, and then click to clear the Use protocol defaults check box.
  8. To display received messages as plain text, under Message encoding, select MIME, and then select Provide message body as plain text.
  9. In the Default character set drop-down list, select a character set.
  10. To display Rich Text Format, select the Use Microsoft Exchange rich-text format check box.
  11. Important   If you select a MIME option, you cannot select the UUEncode or Microsoft Exchange rich-text format options. If you select the UUEncode option or Microsoft Exchange rich-text format check box, you cannot select a MIME option. However, you can select the UUEncode and Microsoft Exchange rich-text format options.

Related Topics

Configure Advanced Message Settings for Mailbox-Enabled Users Only