Re: ob profession (was postpartum intercourse) -- "Garbage Text"
From: Catalin Popescu (cpopescu@dermato1.ottonel.pub.ro)
Wed Jul 2 00:23:58 1997
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> At 02:52 PM 6/30/97 -0500, you wrote:
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> >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
This message come through fine, but I've also noticed that: 1) there were
gibberish following other messages from you and 2) I always got 2 copies
(one without gibberish and the other with it) so I always deleted the second.
If it means something to you the gibberish part began with WINMAIL.DAT
(the only readable part :-))
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Catalin Popescu
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Catalin Mihai Popescu, MD, Dermatologist
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str. Marcu M. Ruxandra 6 bloc A3 sc A ap 17 --- 77306 BUCURESTI, ROMANIA
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Tel/Fax: +401 7265703 email: <cpopescu@ottonel.pub.ro>
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> >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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