Hello Joe, 23 Dec 2001, 16:22:11, you wrote:
>> I get the same problem frequently. As far as I can tell, it only >> happens when the sender is using Outlook Express, but it doesn't >> happen with every person using OE, nor does it always happen even with >> every e-mail from the same person. > I've only seen it on this particular mail list (i.e., the WSJ). I don't see it in mail that comes direct to me - only on mail lists (usually Yahoo groups, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it on one other list that uses Listserv). >> Also, people using other mail >> programs do not see the the strange characters, so it seems to be >> something TB! is doing (or not doing) that causes them, but what that >> could be, I have no idea. > [...] > Shauna, at least it isn't just *me* again. :) > I find these two lines in the message header: > 1. Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > 2. X-UIDL: /0Z!!;I*#!9o^!!*eP"! > Maybe there's a clue there somewhere? Maybe, but I've compared headers on e-mails that have the weird characters with those that don't and I can't spot any consistent differences. For example, I have two messages from the same person, created 20 minutes apart on Outlook Express 6.0 and sent to a Yahoo group - the first has the weird characters, the second (much longer) one is fine. The headers from the one *with* the weird characters show: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-UIDL: 8'g"!O'<!!ZRE!!@=Q!! The headers from the one *without* the weird characters show: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-UIDL: %N[!!"~_"!V9N"!l87!! -- Best regards, Shauna mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! version 1.54 Beta/19 on Windows NT 4.0 SP6 -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
