Most every attachment nowadays is encoded like that. For example, an html email from Outlook Express will have images contained in the mail like that.
Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 1:40 PM Subject: [iMS] Base 64 mail I'm thinking of adding a new filter to my spam engine based on Content-Transfer-Encoding of base64. Has anyone gotten anything legitimate using this encoding type? Is it common in Europe or Asia for normal mail? I know a number of spammers use it to 'hide' their content from content scanners. Thanks Michael Dinowitz Master of the House of Fusion http://www.houseoffusion.com ==^======================================================= This list server is Powered by iMS "The Swiss Army Knife of Mail Servers" -------------------------------------- To leave this list please complete the form at http://www.coolfusion.com/iMSSupport.cfm Need an iMS Developer license? Sign up for a free license here: http://www.coolfusion.com/iMSDevelopers.cfm List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/infusion-email%40eoscape.com/ Note: You are subscribed as [email protected] ==^=======================================================
