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Guillermo Martínez

Hi,

I'm receiving some of the messages from this mailing list coding in an odd format: A block of characters and digits without any sense. For example, the one I quoted at the end of this mail. Does somebody knows why?

Thanks,
Guillermo "Ñuño" Martínez.

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Message: 5 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:33:23 -0300 From: Philippe Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: build a compiler for GO32v2 under Windows 8 (or 7) To: FPC-Pascal users discussions Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" ICAKCnNvcnJ5IC4uLiBkZWxheWVkIGFuc3dlciAuLi4gSSBkb27CtHQgZmVsdCB2ZXJ5IHdlbGwg dGhlc2UgZGF5cyAuLi4uCmFuZCB0aGlzIHN1YmplY3QgaXMgYSBiaXQgZGlmZmljdWx0IGZvciBt ZSAuLi4gYnV0IEkgd2lsbCBnaXZlIHRpbWUgdGhpcwp3ZWVrIHRvIHJlYWQgYWxsIEkgcmVjZWl2 ZWQgLi4uIGFuZCBmaW5kIG91dCBhIHdheSAuLi4gScK0bGwgd3JpdGUgbGF0ZXIKdGhpcyB3ZWVr IAoKYW55IHdheSwgSSB0aGFuayB5b3UgdmVyeSBtdWNoIGFsbCBmb3IgeW91ciBoZWxwISAKClBo aWxpcHBlCgoKT24gVGh1LCAxOSBTZXAgMjAxMyAyMjowMTo1MCArMDIwMCwgU3ZlbiBCYXJ0aCB3 cm90ZTogCgo+IE9uCjE4LjA5LjIwMTMgMTg6NDgsIFBoaWxpcHBlIHdyb3RlOgo+IAo+PiAoZmly c3QgdGltZSBJIGFtIHVzaW5nIHRoZSBtYWlsCmxpc3QgLi4uIEkgbWF5IGRvIGl0IHdyb25nISkg SSBoYXZlIGEgcXVpdGUgYmlnIHByb2dyYW0gKG5vdyB3aXRoIG1vcmUKdGhhbiAyMDAuMDAwIGxp bmVzKSwgZmlyc3QgYnVpbGQgd2l0aCBUUDcuIEZvciBleGFtcGxlIGl0IGFjY2Vzc2VzIENHQQpt ZW1vcnkgdGhyb3VnaCBhYnNvbHV0ZSBhZGRyZXNzIC4uLiBZZWFycyBhZ28gSSBtb3ZlZCB0byBG UEMuIEFuZCBpdApjb21waWxlZCBvayB1bmRlciBXaW5kb3dzIDk4IHRoZW4gdW5kZXIgWFAuIE5v dyB3aXRoIHdpdGggYSBuZXcgUEMKcnVubmluZyBXaW5kb3dzIDggLi4uIHRoZSBjb21waWxlciBi dWdzLiBJdCB3b3JrcyBmaW5lIHdpdGggc21hbGwKcHJvZ3JhbSAuLi4uIGJ1dCBub3Qgd2l0aCBv bmUgd2hpY2ggZXhlY3V0YWJsZSBhYm91dCAxLjUgTWIgbGFyZ2UgKHdoaWNoCmlzIG15IGNhc2Us IEkgZGlkIG5vdCBjaGVja2VkIHRpbGwgd2hpY2ggc2l6ZSBpdCB3b3JrcyEpLgo+IAo+IEl0J3Mg bm90Cm5lY2Vzc2FyaWx5IGEgcHJvYmxlbSBvZiB5b3VyIGV4ZWN1dGFibGUgc2l6ZSwgYnV0IHRo ZSBwcm9ibGVtIAo+IGlzIHRoZQpzaXplL2Ftb3VudCBvZiB1bml0cywgYmVjYXVzZSB3aGVuIGNv bXBpbGluZyB0aGUgY29tcGlsZXIgbmVlZHMgCj4gdG8Ka2VlcCBhbGwgdGhlaXIgaW50ZXJmYWNl IG1ldGEtZGF0YSBpbiBSQU0uCj4gCj4+IE15IHByb2dyYW0gc2hvdWxkIHJ1bgppbiBwcm9tcHQg Y29tbWFuZCB3aW5kb3cgb2YgYW55IE1TIFdpbmRvd3MgdmVyc2lvbiAoY29tcGlsaW5nIG9uIFhQ Cm1hY2hpbmUsIHRoZSBleGVjdXRhYmxlIHJ1bnMgZmluZSBvbiBNUyBXaW5kb3dzIDggbWFjaGlu ZSkKPiAKPiBUaGlzCndpbGwgaG93ZXZlciBub3Qgd29yayBvbiBhIDY0LWJpdCBzeXN0ZW1zIGFz IHRoZSBOVCBWaXJ0dWFsIERPUyAKPgpNYWNoaW5lIChudHZkbS5leGUpIGlzIG5vdCBzdXBwb3J0 ZWQgdGhlcmUgYW55bW9yZS4KCi0tIApQaGlsaXBwZQogCgoKTGlua3M6Ci0tLS0tLQpbMV0gbWFp bHRvOmZwYy1wYXNjYWxAbGlzdHMuZnJlZXBhc2NhbC5vcmcKWzJdCmh0dHA6Ly9saXN0cy5mcmVl cGFzY2FsLm9yZy9tYWlsbWFuL2xpc3RpbmZvL2ZwYy1wYXNjYWwKLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0gbmV4 dCBwYXJ0IC0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tCkFuIEhUTUwgYXR0YWNobWVudCB3YXMgc2NydWJiZWQuLi4K VVJMOiBodHRwOi8vbGlzdHMuZnJlZXBhc2NhbC5vcmcvbGlzdHMvZnBjLXBhc2NhbC9hdHRhY2ht ZW50cy8yMDEzMDkyMy81ZWNlZjZlMi9hdHRhY2htZW50Lmh0bQo=
Sven Barth
to Guillermo Martínez
Guillermo Martínez wrote 8 lines
Hi, I'm receiving some of the messages from this mailing list coding in an odd format: A block of characters and digits without any sense. For example, the one I quoted at the end of this mail. Does somebody knows why?

According to my Thunderbird the message you quoted is of mime type "multipart/mixed", so it's basically a HTML mail. Maybe that is the problem?

Regards,
Sven

Tomas Hajny
to Sven Barth
Sven Barth wrote 12 lines
Am 23.09.2013 13:09, schrieb Guillermo Martínez: > Hi, > > I'm receiving some of the messages from this mailing list coding in an > odd format: A block of characters and digits without any sense. For > example, the one I quoted at the end of this mail. Does somebody knows > why? > > According to my Thunderbird the message you quoted is of mime type "multipart/mixed", so it's basically a HTML mail. Maybe that is the problem?

That should not be an issue by itself. The more likely reason is probably use of 8-bit message (utf-8) without encoding in us-ascii (7-bit) compatible "envelope" - typically MIME Quoted Printable (as already used for the HTML section, but not for the plain text version). Some mail servers may not allow that and recode the message in MIME Base64 encoding (which is most likely the text below); while doing that, they should include this information in the header, but I suspect that this hasn't happened in the case of Guillermo (this could be checked if he forwards the received message in attachment - doing this via fpc-other would be more appropriate than here). Nevertheless, the real solution is probably for Philippe to configure his e-mail client not to send 8-bit messages without 7-bit "safe" encoding).

Tomas

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Guillermo Martínez wrote 6 lines
Hi, I'm receiving some of the messages from this mailing list coding in an odd format: A block of characters and digits without any sense. For example, the one I quoted at the end of this mail. Does somebody knows why?

that's base64 encoding... what you quoted does not show the content-transfer-encoding line which tells you if it is

"BASE64" or "QUOTED-PRINTABLE" or "8BIT" or "7BIT" or "BINARY" or x-token

i've been dealing with something similar in my recent bouts with the synapse mime library and decoding sewly arrived email posts...