I agree I remember the last time this went on for days and days very hard to read the posts like this. Pen +++++++++++++++++++++ > All I know is they involve base 64 encoding of information. This is > likely used for archive compression, and perhaps mailing too. Encoding > can introduce some fill characters, which then come back once the data > is read. It would be nice if one of our members could tell us more about > that. > Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.