FEN has a subscribers (or several at the Allstate_Corp) in which their file go through as junk. David's writes about the problem below. I have included a section of the gibberish. This happens with all of the ASCII files. I assume this must be specific to Allstate_Corp and is not a problem with a mailgate. Is is close? Wayne Marr [log in to unmask] Date: Wed, 4 May 94 08:15 EST From: "David A. Walsh" <[log in to unmask]> To: WAYNE <MARRM> Subject: JFA: The "New" Journal of Finanical Abstr -Forwarded Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> I thought I would forward back to you the mail I just received on JFA. I wanted to show you how attached files appear on my end after traversing the net. I'm not sure what causes it but virtually all attached ASCII files come across this way. This problem also exists for others at my site. We receive our mail through an MCI mail gateway and read it into Word Perfect Office E-Mail. Forwarded mail received from: CS5B:CS5:CS0:MCI:REMS:Wayne Marr/INTERNET/"[log in to unmask]" //BEGIN BINARY MAIL SEGMENT: begin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end //END BINARY MAIL SEGMENT //BEGIN BINARY MAIL SEGMENT: begin 0777 2DC6F12C.ZMO &+T5.5@T* G1&%T93H@5'5E($UA>2 P,RP@,3DY-" @.#HT-B!P;2 @0T14( T* K4V]U<F-E+41A=&4Z(%1U92P@,R!-87D@,3DY-" R,3HP-CHP,"!%1%0-"BX* 21G)O;3H@5V%Y;F4@36%R<@T* 2(" @14U3.B!)3E1%4DY%5 T* C(" @34)8.B!-05)234!C;&5M<V]N+F-L96US;VXN961U#0HP Nothing but continuation of gibberish.