But I have rules looking for theses file types in the header and in the
body. Two rules for each file type.
Anthony
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry
> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 10:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] RULES HELP
>
>
> > I just ran a test where I sent a new email to my test list with a
> > doc attach. It didn't get through. So I sent myself an email
> > with the same doc attach, then forwarded it to my test list. It
> > got through. Very puzzling. Any ideas?
>
> I think I know what it may be.
>
> In most cases, file attachments are sent in E-mails that also have a body
> to them (IE, you see a message as well as an attachment). When this
> happens, the file type is listed within the body of the message. Instead
> of the body of the message being plain text, it's MIME encoded, and it is
> broken into two parts: a text section, and an attachment section.
> However,
> both parts are within the body of the message.
>
> When you send an E-mail with an attachment, but no actual
> message, the SMTP
> headers can have a MIME header that says that the body is really just a
> file attachment, and says what the file name is. In that case,
> the name of
> the file may not appear in the body of the E-mail.
>
> If you have a rule looking for a file type, but only in the headers, it
> would catch the attachment that has no message with it. When you forward
> that message, though, a message body would likely get attached to
> it (even
> if it is blank). Then, the file type wouldn't appear in the headers; it
> would appear in the body.
> -Scott
>
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