Re: Grrr!

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 02/07/07 09:49, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:41:35AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> No.  It's *all* text.  SMTP *only* handles text.
>>
>> The function of base64 (which MIME uses), uuencode and yenc is to
>> convert binary data into text.
>>
> I know it's all text.  What I was trying to say (perhaps not clearly
> enough) is that perhaps the mail server has problems with attachments?
> At some workplaces the admins go completely crazy and do things like
> block out all attachments sometimes.
> 
> That is why I made the distinction between inline GPG signatures and
> those attached as MIME encoded.

Ah, ok.  But that would imply virus filtering at the *source*.  Do
any ISPs do that?

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