Re: [Asrg] base64 encoded mail

[Dave Aronson <dja2003@hotpop.com>]

Tony Hansen <tony@att.com> wrote:

 > IMHO, blocking an email message because it's base64 encoded is
 > misguided. Here's a case in point: There are gateways out there that
 > will switch encodings on messages. If a message is sent through a
 > gateway that understands 8-bit messaging, and it is then passed
 > through to another system which only allows 7-bit, it's got to be
 > downgraded. Downgrading to base64 is perfectly reasonable for such a
 > gateway.

There are also various standards for sending assorted types of data 
between systems, by email, that dictate that the pieces should be 
base64-encoded.  Most notably I recall doing that with IVM.  (Haven't 
kept up with that since then, tho, so I dunno if they've come up with 
something else, or what....)

-- 
David J. Aronson, Unemployed Software Engineer in the Washington DC area
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