On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 04:35:31PM -0600, Dennis Duval wrote:
> to retrieve the file with OE and voila! it worked. When I pull the file
> into a dos-based text editor in binary mode, it shows them as the NUL char,
> hex 00. I'm not sure whether this editor is showing the actual data, or
> just replacing the characters with NUL.
Most likely NUL. Seen similar problems with Eudora. qmail/ezmlm have no
problems with such messages and transport them happily (and correctly).
> I guess the only questions are: where did the control chars come from, and
> if they are some uncontrollable artifact of transmission, should OE be able
> to retrieve the item even though they are present.
Of course. At worst it should say that there are errors in that message and
continue with the next. Write to microsoft.com support to get the bug fixed.
(they may tell you that a POP3 transmission may not contain NUL, which may
be correct in some sense, but is irrelevant to the need of the client to
handle it).
-Sincerely, Fred
Fred Lindberg, Inf. Dis., WashU, St. Louis, MO, USA
