Steve,
I just double checked two different implementation available on the web. They only encode A..Za..Z0-9+/
Refer to http://www.kbcafe.com/articles/HowTo.Base64.pdf for more info. I got bit by this issue a few months ago. In any case, there are different Base-64 encoder/decoders out there. Maybe this is an error but a commonly used one.
Rick. That is the wire format. A..Za..Z0-9+/ are the 64 characters in base64. The code to handle it should take any binary stuff at all, which is why base64 is the wire format for binary data in email.
Rick
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Unicode Filtering
Kellogg, Richard wrote:
I just wanted to mention that Base-64 encoding only works with a limited subset of characters.
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It uses a limited set on the wire, but can encode arbitrary binary data
