On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Robin Szemeti wrote: > On Wed, 04 Apr 2001, I wrote: > > so it was uuencoded. And therefore, for once, LookOut was correct. > but surely the headers should have declared it as multipart mime encoded > and declared content boundary separators? .. or ar those optional ..and > if so how to you tell the difference between plain text > begin 777 RE: > and an attachment? You don't. Remember that uuencoding was devised in a time before MIME. MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +44 20 8980 5714 (Home) http://colondot.net/ Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +44 7956 613942 (Mobile) What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency. -- George Nathan