Subject: help

From: Medina Ablikim <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 11:23:52 +0000

I got an email  with attachments, but I couldn't read it. Since I don't
understand OCTET-STREAM.

Could you please give me help to read my email.
Many thanks,
Medina

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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 20:55:38 +0800 (GMT)

> Could you please give me help to read my email.

When an attachment is sent and the UA is unable/unwilling to give it the
proper MIME type/subtype it will get tagged as default
application/octet-stream.  

Generally, the file name will give it away as to what application is
needed to open the file.  This is, of course, if the application is a
PC based application.  .doc files are MS-Word, .xls files are eXcel, etc.

If you can't determine from the file name...it may have gotten munged...
then you will have to as the sender what application was used to generate
the file.

Regards,
Ed

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