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

  • From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:23:02 -0700

Jerry,

As he said, it is the list machine and not my server. Hence my comment.

Peter K

On 4/26/05, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peter,
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> Boy are you WRONG!
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> Richard's test messages come through to me exactly as he intended.
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> It is when YOUR server gets into the act, that it gets fouled up.
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> Richard sends it to the list.  The list sends it to me (and all of us).  =
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> get it perfectly.  When YOU reply to the list, the quoted stuff gets
> mucked up.
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> I am lucky to be a computer illiterate.
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> Jerry
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> "Peter K." wrote:
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> > Oh-oh. Herr Lehrer is not going to like that f*&^%#g stuff.
> >
> > On 4/26/05, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >=3D20
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 5:49 PM
> > > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: "MIME encoding" (was: TEST)
> > >=3D20
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----=3D3D20
> > > > From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 5:46 PM
> > > > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: "MIME encoding" (was: TEST)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>   Test for special characters. No coding being used.
> > > >>=3D3D20
> > > >> I will try some special characters here to see how they
> > > >> are=3D3D20
> > > >> reproduced: C =3D3DF9 =3D3DC7 =3D3DC2 =3D3DE3 =3D3DE9 =3D3DE8
> > > >  Same but sending quoted printible  C =3D3DF9 =3D3DC7 =3D3DC2 =3D3D=
E3 =3D3DE9
> > > > =3D3DE8
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> > >   So, this proves the odd charactes above are caused by the
> > > list machine converting Quoted-Printible to plain text. When
> > > the special characters are sent without coding of any sort
> > > they are reproduced properly as in my first test. The hash
> > > characters in earlier posts were caused by my turning on
> > > MIME and setting it for Base-64 as an option for _plain
> > > text_ in OE. I will not test attachments here because they
> > > should never be sent to the list. I have sent binary
> > > attachments via e-mail with these settings and they came
> > > through OK. Advise is to set your mail program so that it
> > > sends mail to the list in plain text with no MIME encoding
> > > at all if your mail program allows that.
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> > > ---
> > > Richard Knoppow
> > > Los Angeles, CA, USA
> > > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >=3D20
> > >=3D20
> >
> > --=3D20
> > Peter K
> > =3DD3=3DBF=3DD5=3DAC
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Peter K
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