Subject: MIMEs from the Netherlands

From: Scott McWilliams <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 10:56:07 -0400 (EDT)

We're receiving MIME enclosures from a Pegasus-based site in the 
Netherlands which are not being recognized by Pine. David Miller was nice 
enough a few weeks ago to show me how to fix the headers so they would be 
recognized, but now the volume is picking up and one user is making demands.

I'll copy a sample header below. Can someone point out either (1) some 
way to make them readable without handling them item-by-item; or (2) 
something I can send back to the Netherlands to have them do differently 
and make the recognizable by Pine; or (3) simply point out why 1&2 are 
not possible and another solution is needed?

Thanks!

---------------Typical header from Netherlands----------------

>From [email-masked] Fri Aug 19 10:06:05 1994
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1994 17:10:19 +0100 (MET)
From: Personthere <system there>
To: Personhere@hereplace
Subject: subsidie aanvragen

--Message-Boundary-28059
Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-description: Information about this message.

This message contains a file prepared for transmission using the
MIME BASE64 transfer encoding scheme. If you are using Pegasus
Mail or another MIME-compliant system, you should be able to extract
it from within your mailer. If you cannot, please ask your system
administrator for help.

   ---- File information -----------
     File:  IBDMAP15.TXT
     Date:  2 Aug 1994, 17:7
     Size:  35046 bytes.
     Type:  WordPerfect

--Message-Boundary-28059
Content-type: Application/Octet-stream; name=IBDMAP15.TXT; type=WordPerfect
Content-transfer-encoding: BASE64

....................data was here............

--Message-Boundary-28059--

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|  Scott A. McWilliams          Internet: [email-masked] |
|    Sysadmin, Postmaster                                                  |
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|    Snail: Beth Israel Hospital                                           |
|           Network Services                                               |
|           Mail Stop BL-320               Vox: +1 617.735.5559            |
|           330 Brookline Avenue          Facs: +1 617.735.3966            |
|           Boston, Mass. 02215                                            |
-------------------- - -Deinimid iarracht ni/os fearr!- - ------------------

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 15:51:34 -0700 (PDT)

I think the only reasonable long-term solution is to figure out where the
MIME headers are getting lost.  Your next step is probably to contact the
Postmasters at both ends and see what they can find... 

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|/ |_ |  |  Software Engineer, Pine Development Team   (206) 685-4045 (FAX)
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