-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 25 May 2002 2:47 pm, Michael Adams wrote:
> Ok, i was wrong again. Base 64 does not relate directly to PGP > encryption. This still seems to be the only method that will attach > the whole file though and not just 6 to 8 bytes. > > This is a hex dump of the 6 bytes attached if i try the "None > (8-bit)" method on a .doc 51K file. > d0 cf e0 a1 b1 e1 > What is happening here? Is this method only relevant for ASCII? > > Can Outlook Express users accept Base 64 encoded attachments? The names used are not the best (a problem I've noticed elsewhere in kde :) The familiar ones are: Base 64 = uuencoded Quoted printable = MIME encoded Outlook and OE (and nearly every other email package) will understand both. '8-bit', I presume, attaches the file without any encoding. As the following page (Extended Character Sets) explains, it's not clear why this option exists at all and, in any case, it can be ignored for normal (Internet-based) usage ... http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.format.html Alastair - -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE875qCCv59vFiSU4YRAnshAKCZQC8EX38IP+u8oG4evBTL7U9Y5gCfUwe0 a3h8H3dhaObXrlt7zCLqNOo= =Y2VL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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