[Mimedefang] Re: How to read MD output

[Kelson Vibber]

>From: Jim McCullars <jim at info.uah.edu>
>
>^Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
>^       name=SCtrumpet3[1].jpg
>^Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>^Content-ID: <Lo68b4y07f5G6>
>
><snip>
>
>If I use the Pine "bounce" command and send to another email account, that
>jpeg attachment doesn't show up at all - as either text or an attachment.
>So what is it about these headers that is confusing things?  Or is this a
>Pine problem?

Actually, I think this has more to do with the mail sent to you than with 
MIMEdefang.  IIRC, the [ and ] characters in a MIME filename are only valid 
if the filename is quoted - in other words, the attachment syntax is 
invalid.  I would guess that Pine is discarding what it assumes to be garbage.

Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications, Technical Staff
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