>I just received an image file from my son. It is identified like this
>in the attachment headers:
>Content-Type: image/pjpeg; name="Dsc00074.jpg"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Dsc00074.jpg"
>
>It shows up only as a red box in Arachne. I have successfully decoded
>it without error with a BASE64 decoding utility, but none of my image
>viewing software will display it. I get errors like "this image format
>is not supported". Does anyone have any idea as to what kind of image
>this is and what software I might need to view it? I tried PICTVIEW,
>NEOPAINT, and even some Windows 95 JPG viewing programs. None will
>display it. Please help.
>
>Sam Heywood
What base64 decoder did you use? MPACK/MUNPACK should work. But maybe the .jpg
file is farkled? Maybe it's not a real JPG? You might ask your son, the
sender, if and how he can view the .jpg file.
