Re: ob profession (was postpartum intercourse) -- "Garbage Text"
From: Dean Huffman (perinatl@slip.net)
Mon Jun 30 20:12:41 1997
I know this is a personal reply, but I am posting it in cale it is of
interest to anybody else.
I received only one copy of the post. Although I cannot read the file format
you use, it came through fine as an attachment.
--
Dean Huffman
At 02:52 PM 6/30/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Dean: Dr. Wooley seems to be the only person who receives garbage when I
>post messages. I am using MIME format, and Windows Messaging for reading
>and sending e-mail. Please let me know two things, 1) Is there any
>gibberish following this message and 2) did you get two copies as the
>Wooley Mammoth also claims? Thanks for your help. Ron
>----------
>From: Dean Huffman[SMTP:perinatl@slip.net]
>Sent: Monday, June 30, 1997 11:27 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: Re: ob profession (was postpartum intercourse) -- "Garbage Text"
>
>I suspect that the seemingly meaningless characters in the postings that
>keep popping up (see below) represent an attempt of one e-mail program to
>send an attachemtn to another e-mail program, the problem being that the
>second e-mail program does not understand the protocol that the first
>program is using. I have not seen the seemingly meaningless characters show
>up on my e-mail program. Therefore I suspect that my e-mail program can
>read
>the attachment whereas dr. Woolley's e-mail program cannot.
>
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>** This is one more reason for not automatically sending unsolicited
>attachments with postings **
>
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>By the way, there are at least four coding protocols for e-mail
>attachments.
>The problem arises because e-mail uses 7 bit bytes (the lower 128
>characters
>in ASCII), transmitting all messages as text. Hence, if a file using 8 bit
>bytes is to be sent, it must be converted from 8 bit bytes to 7 bit bytes.
>
>The protocols most frequently used are:
>
>- UUENCODE/UUDECODE (UU stands for Unix to Unix -- this was the original
>coding scheme)
>
>- BinHex (Used on Mac's)
>
>- MIME (Multiple Internet Mail Extensions -- rapidly becoming the internet
>standard)
>
>and
>
>- Base64 (Used by GroupWise and Netscape Navigator and possibly other
>systems -- a subset or variation of MIME, I believe)
>
>Dean Huffman
>
>Attachment Converted: c:\TEMP\WINMAI53.DAT
>
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