Hello Dan, I see. Thanks for the clearification. This particular message was a html encoded message where the html part got encoded.
Best regards, Eje Gustafsson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The Family Entertainment Network http://www.fament.com Phone : 620-231-7777 Fax : 620-231-4066 - Your Full Time Professionals - eBay UserID : macahan -- DP> Eje, DP> 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 DP> 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. DP> Dan DP> 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. >> DP> --- DP> [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] DP> --- DP> This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To DP> unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and DP> type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found DP> at http://www.mail-archive.com. DP> --- DP> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [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.
