> One RFC-related problem I have discovered with Arachne is the problem > of having a line in an email message beginning with the word "begin". > Arachne will interpret the word "begin" as a keyword signalling the > beginning of an inserted UUENCODED file. This problem we have discussed > on the list a very long time ago. Don't start a line beginning with > "begin" unless you want to send an inserted UUENCODED file. Don't begin > the beguine unless it's your kind of dance and you know all the right > steps. You will get tripped up by your fair lady and you will fall on > your face. Maybe some other email client programs have similar problem > in this regard.
> Sam Heywood I've noticed some newsgroup and email messages with a fake uuencode virus attachment beginning with begin (I forget the number) Pornpic.jpg.vbs which I can't find right now, but it viewed correctly for me in Arachne 1.70r3. Outlook Express users see this cyber version of a rubber snake as a cyber version of a real snake. Now I will experiment to see what happens in Arachne, there will be a begin...If you don't see it, try viewing in a text editor, or saving to a .txt file, then you can even view in Arachne. begin 99 to-see-what-this-looks_like_in_Arachne This ain't no virus, nobody need worry. It can't infect even an Outlook Express user. end of this experiment. I typed this using elvis 2.1_4 DOS port, an enhanced clone of Unix-native vi editor. I will see what happens if I view this in Arachne 1.70r3.
