[arachne] Re: My misbehaving ISP (base64 test)

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On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:10:33 +1000, da Silva, Joe wrote:

> [Attached file: HJ24CO01.txt]

> [Attached file: winmail.dat]

I'm sorry that I can't figure out how to quote from Joe's
email attachment message. But he relates how his employer
uses a Symantec firewall and leaves him no choice but to use
the provided email system and that is the source of his ongoing
email legibility probelms here.

I hadn't managed to make myself aware of the source of this
problem because I use Arachne to read my email and all of his
postings to coolist were unreadable by Arachne.

We now get his postings here and the ones that include a winmail.dat
file and a text attachment are readable--but the ones that are just
sent as text attachments alone are not.

I extend my sympathy to Joe. I'm sorry I didn't understand his
problem. But I can't RTFM(essage) when the message in question is sent 
in a form that Arachne can't read.

It's too bad email is getting so complicated and wierd with the
firewalls and spam filters and various non-compliant server problems.

Too bad people can't just send ASCI text. But I now understand that
Joe's stuck with the system his employer provides.




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