Eje, I use QuickMail on a Mac and Base64 is used as the encoding type by two of their standard configs, but only for attachments. Base64 encoding for the message body requires a manual change. What most likely happened is that the sender in question was swapping around encoding types trying to get an attachment to go through and got sloppy.
Dan On Tuesday, January 21, 2003 13:14, Eje Gustafsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Well. When I say legit I reference in that it is not a spam mail but a >regular mail communication to a user that been sent with a regular >mail program. > >Like you using Eudora Version 5.1 to send a e-mail message directly to >me. This person was using QuickMail Pro 3 (mac) to send a e-mail to a >client on our service. >Reason for doing base64 ? None except poor software engineering and >client more then likely using default settings because they don't know >better. > >There is no reason really for the base64 just that it does it anyways >in poor practice. I personally put in a word filter rule that now >gives this X-mailer a somewhat negative weight to compensate for it's >poor e-mail sending behavior. > >Wasn't sure if anyone ever found a e-mail client that did post >standard message in base64 besides what we frequently see from >spammers with advertisment junk in it. > >/ Eje > >Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 2:42:41 PM, you wrote: > > >>>I know in the past it was discussion about legit base64 usage in mail. >>> >>>I found what seems to be a legit e-mail where the mail client is >>>base64 encoding the message. > >RSP> The question here is what "legitimate" means. > >RSP> Does it mean that it is a legitimate E-mail, which uses base64 encoding for >RSP> no apparent reason (which we are not too concerned about, as most people >RSP> only use the BASE64 test towards the weighting system), or is it a >RSP> legitimate mail that has a legitimate reason for using base64 encoding >RSP> (which we would care about, as it could indicate that there are false >RSP> positives that can't be prevented)? >RSP> -Scott > >RSP> --- >RSP> [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus >(http://www.declude.com)] > >RSP> --- >RSP> This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To >RSP> unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and >RSP> type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found >RSP> at http://www.mail-archive.com. >RSP> --- >RSP> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > > >Best regards, > Eje Gustafsson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >--- >The Family Entertainment Network http://www.fament.com >Phone : 620-231-7777 Fax : 620-231-4066 >eBay UserID : macahan > - Your Full Time Professionals - > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus >(http://www.declude.com)] > >--- >This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To >unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and >type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found >at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
