Unreadable message parts ?
Jacek M. Holeczek (holeczek@us.edu.pl)
Fri, 16 Apr 1999 13:20:44 +0200 (MET DST)
Hi,
These parts are so called attachments which use the so called MIME
encoding ( not a "quasi-usenet-standard", but a real-standard ), so
binaries and files of any length can safely be delivered to any
MIME-capable mail reading program. If you send an attachment to someone
who does not have a MIME-capable mail reading program yet, then the main
message text will be readable, but attachments (even attachments which are
just plain text) are not. In this case the addressee can still "decode"
attached files using external MIME-capable utilities ( after the mail is
saved into a disk file, for example ).
The best idea however, is to GET a MIME-capable mail reading program NOW.
If you use anything that has TUNIX or MicroSchrott in it's name, you can
take ( my favorite ) Pine - a Program for Internet News & Email ( see
http://www.washington.edu/pine/ for details ).
If you prefer a "graphical" interface to your mails ( Pine has a simple,
full screen, text oriented interface ) just take Netscape, for example. If
you are stick to one of newer WinDose ( 95, 98 ), you can also, as far as
I know, use their standard utilities which are also MIME-capable.
Hope this helps,
Jacek.
P.S. Other OS ? See http://www.washington.edu/pine/overview/non-UW.html
for details. Jacek.