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1 total messages Started by Phil W. Schuman Sat, 30 Aug 1997 00:00
Receiving text attachments from AOL
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Author: Phil W. Schuman
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 00:00
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I have a Word97 file that I am sending from AOL to my Internet account.
	I use Eudora Pro for all my Internet Email.
As it turns out, the Word97 file appears to be a 7-bit ASCII file,
not a binary image - therefore it appears as TEXT to the AOL Emailer.
I of course would like it to stay as an attachment...

I also tried this with sending CONFIG.SYS as an attachment.
Same results - 'embedded' vs 'attached'.

When I send it to myself on AOL, it comes thru as an attachment.
When I send it to my outside Internet account - 
It comes thru as 'embedded text', not as a MIME attachment.

here is how the msg + attachment appears when sent from AOL
to an Internet mailer.
Notice that MIME is nowhere to be found - 
Only PLAIN/TEXT is used as encoding - 
Phil - 
==================>>>>>

Message 1:
>From xxx@aol.com Sat Aug 30 18:12:52 1997
From: xxx@aol.com
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 19:12:20 -0400 (EDT)
To: xxx
Subject: Re: sending text files as attachments


  --PART.BOUNDARY.0.29998.emout01.mail.aol.com.872982629
  Content-ID: <0_29998_872982629@emout01.mail.aol.com.5673>

  Content-type: text/plain   <<<<======================= normal msg text ===

tnx for the response - 
but I don't think you interpreted my msg correctly.

I have a Word97 file that I am sending from AOL.
As it turns out, the file appears to be a 7-bit ASCII file,
not a binary image - therefore it would appear as TEXT.

In a message dated 97-08-30 17:09:55 EDT, you write:
>  America Online's mail servers encode file attachements in MIME base64
format.
>  -------------------------
  --PART.BOUNDARY.0.29998.emout01.mail.aol.com.872982629
  Content-ID: <0_29998_872982629@emout01.mail.aol.com.5674>

  Content-type: text/plain;   <<<<<<<<<<<==================== attachment ===
	name="CONFIG.SYS"

  Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

DEVICE=3DC:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
device=3Dc:\windows\emm386.exe  noems  i=3DE000-EFFF =

devicehigh=3Dc:\dos\ansi.sys
DEVICEhigh=3DC:\SB16\DRV\SBCD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:220
DOS=3DHIGH,UMB
STACKS=3D9,256
FILES=3D50
BUFFERS=3D32
Lastdrive=3DG
=0D

  --PART.BOUNDARY.0.29998.emout01.mail.aol.com.872982629--
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