[rollei_list] Re: "MIME encoding" (was: TEST, deciphered)

  • From: bigler@xxxxxxxx
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:20:05 +0200 (CEST)

> On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 01:54:37PM -0700, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> > DQotLS0tLSBPcmlnaW5hbCBNZXNzYWdlIC0tLS0tIA0KRnJvbTogIkFyZGVzaGlyIE1laHRhIiA8
> > YXJkZXNoaXJAc3ltcGF0aWNvLmNhPg0KVG86IDxyb2xsZWlfbGlzdEBmcmVlbGlzdHMub3JnPg0K
> > U2VudDogU3VuZGF5LCBBcHJpbCAyNCwgMjAwNSA2OjUyIFBNDQpTdWJqZWN0OiBbcm9sbGVpX2xp
> > c3RdIFJlOiAiTUlNRSBlbmNvZGluZyIgKHdhczogVEVTVCkNCg0KDQo+IA0KPiBPbiBTdW5kYXks
> > IEFwcmlsIDI0LCAyMDA1LCBhdCAwOTozNSAgUE0sIFJpY2hhcmQgS25vcHBvdyB3cm90ZToNCj4g
> > DQo+PiBNYWlsIHByb2dyYW1zIHNob3VsZCBiZSBzZXQgdG8gc2VuZCBNSU1FIGVuY29kaW5nIHVz
> > aW5nIEJhc2UgNjQgDQo+PiBlbmNvZGluZyBvciBubyBlbmNvZGluZy4gQmFzZSA2NCBpcyBzdGFu
> > ZGFyZCBmb3IgZS1tYWlsLg0KPiANCj4gSG93IGRvZXMgb25lIGRvIHRoYXQgd2l0aCBNYWMgIk1h
> > aWwiPw0KPiANCj4+IEFsc28sIG1haWwgcHJvZ3JhbXMgc2hvdWxkIGJlIHNldCB0byBzZW5kIHBs
> > YWluIHRleHQsIG5vdCBIVE1MLCB0byB0aGUgDQo+PiBsaXN0Lg0KPiANCj4gSSBBTFdBWVMgZG8g
> > dGhhdCwgYnV0IHRoZSBzcHVyaW91cyBjaGFyYWN0ZXJzIG9mdGVuIGFwcGVhciBuZXZlcnRoZWxl
> > c3MuDQo+IA0KPiBDaGVlcnMuDQo+IA0KICAgSSBkb24ndCBrbm93LiBJdCBtYXkgYmUgc2V0IGJ5
> > IGRlZmF1bHQgdGhlcmUuIA0KLS0tDQpSaWNoYXJkIEtub3Bwb3cNCkxvcyBBbmdlbGVzLCBDQSwg
> > VVNBDQpkaWNrYnVya0BpeC5uZXRjb20uY29t
> 
> I'll take your word for it!
> 
> (My mime decoder did not find anything to unpack from it, but it looks
> like one of the postings on the rolleiusers list. :-)
>


To decipher by hand

- save text to a file or keep in an emacs buffer
- apply the unix command : 
mimencode -u 
to it or the following emacs command
(shell-command-on-region (region-beginning) (region-end) "mimencode -u" nil nil 
nil)

Ahem.. you don't use unix or linux ? never heard about emacs ? eh, kid
me not : is this REALLY possible ? ;-);-)

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Deciphered as :

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ardeshir Mehta" <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:52 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: "MIME encoding" (was: TEST)


> 
> On Sunday, April 24, 2005, at 09:35  PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> 
>> Mail programs should be set to send MIME encoding using Base 64 
>> encoding or no encoding. Base 64 is standard for e-mail.
> 
> How does one do that with Mac "Mail"?
> 
>> Also, mail programs should be set to send plain text, not HTML, to the 
>> list.
> 
> I ALWAYS do that, but the spurious characters often appear nevertheless.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
   I don't know. It may be set by default there. 
---
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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Emmanuel BIGLER         
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