Peter is correct: it really is encoded as Base64. Why is not clear; the Mime header says
that it's text/plain, but in spite of that it sets transfer-encoding to base64.
Maybe just a defective mail client.
paul
On Jun 20, 2012, at 1:29 PM, <hvlems at zonnet.nl>
<hvlems at zonnet.nl> wrote:
It is plain ascii, 8 bits and no problem for my own vms systems. Besides there's no
option to modify on my blackberry. It also enforces topposting to my despair.
Apologies. I"ll drop off the list.
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Lothberg <roll at Stupi.SE>
Sender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:13:09
To: <hecnet at Update.UU.SE>
Reply-To: hecnet at Update.UU.SECc: <hecnet at Update.UU.SE>
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Psilo status?
Any chance you can send plain ascii to the HECnet mailing list, I'm
reading my mail on a Tops20 box, and it it's 7-bit characters......
-P
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