I was just about to write the list about a case like this that Išve just encountered. Any information that anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Scott On 12/11/04 1:57 PM, "Patrick Leary" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm increasingly seeing posts on my lists that are unreadable code when > they arrive as individual pieces of mail but that, in the archives or > digests, look just fine. > > Here's an example, from the archives: > https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A2=ind0412=sharp-l=0===4858 > <https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A2=ind0412&L=sharp-l&T=0&F=&S > =&P=4858> > > When this arrived in my (and presumably everyone else's) mailbox, however, > it had an ordinary header but the text looked like this: > > VG8gdGhlIFNIQVJQLWxpc3QsDQogDQpJIHdhcyB3b25kZXJpbmcgaWYgYW55b25lIGtub3dzIGFi > > etc. > > Does this have something to do with the character set, which I notice is > "charset="utf-8" for this posting? I've once or twice recently seen the > same problem in reverse: postings that come through fine, but are garbled > in the digests and the archives. Wither way, the problem is clearly tied > to particular subscribers' addresses, but I haven't know what to tell them > to do about it. > > Any and all suggestions appreciated. > > Patrick > > __________ > Patrick Leary > [log in to unmask] >