Subject: Problem with attachments

From: "B. N. Whittington" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 08:34:23 -0600 (CST)

I tried to send a message to a friend with an attachment, and 
this is what he got:

> > --Boundary (ID vIWfs3K/n+tHa31a+O0Zhw)
> > Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
> > 
> >  [Text of my message]
> >
> > --Boundary (ID vIWfs3K/n+tHa31a+O0Zhw)
> > Content-id: <[email-masked]>
> > Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; name="DISKE:<XY.XYBNW>listserv.txt;1";
> >  charset=US-ASCII
> > Content-description:
> > Content-transfer-encoding: BASE64
> > 
> > R3JvdXBzOiBsYXcubGlzdHNlcnZbLipdDQoNCmxhdy5saXN0c2Vydi5hYWFz
> > aHJhbiANCiAgICAgSHVtYW4gUmlnaHRzIEFjdGlvbiBOZXR3b3JrIG9mIHRo
> > [etc.]
> >
> > --Boundary (ID vIWfs3K/n+tHa31a+O0Zhw)--

	When I tested it by sending it to myself (on a second account), 
the attachment came out fine.  When I resent it to him, he received the 
same (encoded?) message.  Does anyone know what I sent to him, and why it 
came out the way it did?  I am using Pine 3.91 on a VAX.  Thank you.

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From: "B. N. Whittington" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:05:55 -0600 (CST)

On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Mike Brudenell wrote:

> What mail program is your friend using, and on what platform?

	My friend is also using Pine 3.91, running on the same VAX as the 
one my account is on.  

> If it isn't Pine is it a "MIME-aware" mail program?  If it isn't then it
> can't understand MIME attachments.  In this case either you will have to
> send your file differently, or they will need to use some separate
> unpacking software to decode the MIME attachment.
> -- 
> Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>

	I am confused as to why Pine would convert the attachment in 
MIME, and then not unconvert it for the recipient, considering that we 
are both using Pine 3.91 on the same VAX.
	Thank you for your help, Mike Brudenell.