I was just about to write the list about a case like this that I¹ve 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 
> 
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