Re: NOLUG mailing list bug (was Re: [Nolug] Thursday's meeting)

>
> This is definitely not the sender's problem. The problem is the
> software that is adding the NOLUG information.
>
<snip>
>
> The sender (Curtis) is sending a valid email. This email, by itself,
> will be displayed by Gmail properly. The email is entirely base64
> encoded and the header of the email indicates this. Gmail understands
> that and doesn't have a problem.
>

My question is, what's this nonsense about encoding plain text? How (un)common
is that? Can the poker (basher, whatever) change the encoding on his device?

> Along the way, though, the NOLUG mailing list software adds 3 un-encoded
> lines (the bit that says “Nolug mailing list”) at the end. It leaves
> the message otherwise un-altered.
>

Have you tried decoding it to see what plaintext pops out?

<snip>

>
> But the real bug is in the mailing list software.
>

Um...

-- 
Joey Kelly
Minister of the Gospel and Linux Consultant
http://joeykelly.net

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