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Re: [OT] Why attached text messages?



On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:44:18PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Greg Wiley wrote:
> > Why do certain peoples' posts to this
> > list show up as attached text files in
> > my mail client (OE)?  I get a blank
> > message with  two attachments:
> > .txt and .dat.  The text file contains
> > the actual message.
> 
> Those are OpenPGP pgp/mime-compliant signed messages. OE support for mime is
> a gross crap, so it won't display them properly.
> 

OE isn't any better on originating messages with mime attachments. 
I keep receiving them in files named winmail.dat with a bunch of garbage
added to the beginning and end of the file (which fortunately can be
edited out of plaintext files).



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