Subject: ????

From: "Sarah Barendt" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 14:06:51 -0600 (CST)

Please send me some information on hoe to DECODE a MIME message. I recently 
received one and I'm not sure how to go about reading it. this would be 
very helpful to me. Thanks for your cooperation. 

Sarah Barendt

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 14:47:00 -0600 (CST)

You'll need to get a Email program that supports MIME.  There is no mime
decoder that I know of..  All (that I know of) of Microsoft's Products
support MIME.  I recommend upgrading to Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0,
which comes with a good Email program that supports MIME.

	-Mike
	-VVM

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 23:17:13 +0100 (CET)

>You'll need to get a Email program that supports MIME. 
  
You need Bellcore's metamail package. It comes with a mailcap file which
lets you link an application to a certain kind of mime-message. E.g., it
allows you to start lynx when someone has used an ADVANCED Email system like
Microsoft Explorer to compose FANCY and MULTIMEDIAL Email messages.
  
  >There is no mime decoder that I know of.. All (that I know of) of
  >Microsoft's Products support MIME.

In particular, I'd recommend qbasic and Excel. They're GREAT for reading and
writing MIME mail (Mickysoft Internet Mail Eczema). Plus, they're fully
binary-combatible to all platforms available: Intel, Intel and Intel.
  
  >I recommend upgrading to Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, which comes
  >with a good Email program that supports MIME.
  
I've never come with that program, but I'm sure you got one hell of a kick
out of it. While we're at it - what program do you want to upgrade from
today? Regedit.exe? And what exactly is that "good Email program that
supports MIME" called?

Cheers,
Robin

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