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Problem with apparently blank emails

#481
From: Dave Walshaw
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 00:57
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Hello disa gurus, can any of you help with this email-related problem.

Whenever I receive emails from one particular person, Maildot seems
convinced that the mail is blank except for a jpg of some clouds.

However, if I use the "Save Whole Message" option and view the
resulting file in a text editor it is possible to read the email's
contents.

The format of the emails is always the same, as shown below.

(I have removed the "Received:" header lines and most of the jpg code
to save on space)

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> Return-path: <My-friends-email-address@aol.com>
> From: My-friends-email-address@aol.com
> Message-ID: <59.69506c1.2d75982a@aol.com>
> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 02:56:26 EST
> Subject: Whatever
> To: dave@ravolox.demon.co.uk
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="part1_59.69506c1.2d75982a_boundary"
> X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 670
>
>
> --part1_59.69506c1.2d75982a_boundary
> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="59.69506c1_alt_bound"
>
>
> --59.69506c1_alt_bound
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> Blah blah blah
> Blah blah blah
>
>
> --59.69506c1_alt_bound
> Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR=3D"#ffffff" WIDTH=3D"=
> 72" HEIGHT=3D"100" SRC=3D"cid:X.MA0.1078214186@aol.com" BACKGROUND=3D"cid:X.=
> MA0.1078214186@aol.com"  DATASIZE=3D"2082" ID=3D"MA0.1078214186"><FONT  COLO=
> R=3D"#010101" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2=20=
> PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Blah
> blah blah<BR>Blah blah blah<BR><BR>
> </FONT></HTML>
> --59.69506c1_alt_bound--
>
> --part1_59.69506c1.2d75982a_boundary
> Content-ID: <X.MA0.1078214186@aol.com>
> Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="Clouds.jpg"
> Content-Disposition: inline
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>
> /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgAAZABkAAD/7AARRHVja3kAAQAEAAAAZAAA/+4ADkFkb2JlAGTAAAAA
>
> --part1_59.69506c1.2d75982a_boundary--
>
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Anybody able to enlighten me as to the cause, or should I just stop
associating with AOL users?


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From: "Dave Walshaw" <dave@ravolox.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: demon.ip.support.amiga
Subject: Problem with apparently blank emails
Date: 3 Mar 2004 01:57:43 +0100
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