[time-nuts] Scrambled Messages {EZGPIB & other software}
Christian Vogel
vogelchr at vogel.cx
Tue Aug 21 17:58:04 UTC 2007
Executive summary: ^--- these two lines are to blame :-) ---^
Hi everyone,
the problem is with the superfluous "SAEximRunCond"-lines.
Ulrich's mailer chose to encode the Email-message in Base64, so the
message is supposed to look like this:
> From: "Ulrich Bangert" <xxx at xxx>
> To: "Time nuts" <time-nuts at febo.com>
> Subject: [time-nuts] EZGPIB & other software
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>
> SGkgZm9sa3MsCgp0aGlzIGlzIHRvIGlu... (<-- this is base64 of "Hi
folks,...")
Now between Content-Transfer-Encoding and "SGkg..." the well-known bug
we witness on this list will insert the two lines starting with
"SAEximRUnCond...". A mail-client then tries to base64-decode this,
which in my case will make Ulrichs Email start with some interesting
looking cyrillic characters. As it's not the usual base64, I expect
mail-clients to behave strange... Without the two erroneous lines, I see
no problem with Ulrichs emails.
I hope, I could clarify a little...
Chris
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