Bert Bruner <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
> I have  had several  subscribers report  that all  they get  from certain
> lists is  garbled messages. The  one thing that  seems to be  common with
> these notes is  the tag "Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64".  I know that
> this has something to do with MIME,  but that's where my knowledge of the
> subject ends.
 
  Assuming that LISTSERV or the mailer on the LISTSERV host isn't doing it
(no reason why they would), if all subscribers are getting an encoded mes-
sage, it's probably coming from the original sender. Depending on what MUA
they're using, this may be fixable - at the sender's site.
 
  As an example, in early subreleases of PMDF V4.2 the default encoding is
set to BASE64. As of a later subrelease (-12, I think) this was changed to
quoted-printable, which is a lot more bearable.
 
  Of course, getting the various senders to fix their mail software might
not be possible, in which case there are two other options - set the list
to require processing by the owner (so the owner can decode and re-post
the message) or have the recipient(s) install MIME-aware software.
 
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