On 27/09/2011 1:52 PM, Mad Cow wrote:
In . com, Wolf K
writes
On 27/09/2011 8:29 AM, Mad Cow wrote:
[ Section: 1/1 File: zCistus01.jpg UUencoded by: Turnpike Integrated Version
5.02 S ]

begin 644 zCistus01.jpg
M_]C_X``02D9)1@`!`0$`2`!(``#_X1E017AI9@``34T`*@````@` #`$/``(`
M```&````G@$0``(````.````I`$2``,````!``$```$:``4`` ``!````L@$;
M``4````!````N@$H``,````!``(```$R``(````4````P@$[``(````!```
[etc]

As you can see, your image doesn't open automatically in my news reader
(Thunderbird). The reason is that the the header shows the message as
encoded in mime, but the message body itself shows that it's uuencoded.
(These are both methods of encoding non-text files so they can be
transmitted as text files, because all mail/news traffic is in text
characters only.) Your news reader is Turnpike: it has placed incorrect
encoding data in the header, so Thunderbird "reads" the file as text
instead of as an image.

The header says "MIME-Version: 1.0" (same as yours) but that's in the
header of every message whether it has an attachment or not. Everything
I can see in the header makes sense and none of it refers to the
attachment. If you're seeing something I can't, paste it into a reply:
there's probably nothing I can do but why not share the frustration?

Exactly, the header for the message says "mime", but the header for the
jpg file says "uuencoded by..." That mismatch between header and segment
is what causes the problem.

I'll file a bug report, maybe someone in the TB group will notice.

Have a good day,
wolf k.

In article , Wolf K
writes

Exactly, the header for the message says "mime", but the header for the
jpg file says "uuencoded by..." That mismatch between header and segment
is what causes the problem.

I'll file a bug report, maybe someone in the TB group will notice.

Have a good day,
wolf k.

Wolf, what does Thunderbird do that indicates it's expecting a MIME
attachment? Does it give any information other than failing to decode?

And am I right in assuming you can decode Joevan's and Pat's pictures?
--
Sue ]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:34:23 +0100, Mad Cow
wrote:

In article , Wolf K
writes

Exactly, the header for the message says "mime", but the header for the
jpg file says "uuencoded by..." That mismatch between header and segment
is what causes the problem.

I'll file a bug report, maybe someone in the TB group will notice.

Have a good day,
wolf k.

Wolf, what does Thunderbird do that indicates it's expecting a MIME
attachment? Does it give any information other than failing to decode?

And am I right in assuming you can decode Joevan's and Pat's pictures?
I saved the Jpg to file and will now post it with Agent Forte. See if
any difference occurs.

In article , joevan
writes
I saved the Jpg to file and will now post it with Agent Forte. See if
any difference occurs.

Thanks Joevan, good idea. I've "kept" your post so I can think of a way
to compare the encoded sections. I want to know what's happening here!
--
Sue ]

On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 22:46:23 +0100, Mad Cow
wrote:

In article , joevan
writes
I saved the Jpg to file and will now post it with Agent Forte. See if
any difference occurs.

Thanks Joevan, good idea. I've "kept" your post so I can think of a way
to compare the encoded sections. I want to know what's happening here!
So pleased to be of help.

On 29/09/2011 4:01 PM, joevan wrote:

Opened properly in Tbird, and also showed as an attachment in the status
bar.

Wolf K.

On 29/09/2011 2:34 PM, Mad Cow wrote:
In g.com, Wolf K
writes

Exactly, the header for the message says "mime", but the header for the
jpg file says "uuencoded by..." That mismatch between header and segment
is what causes the problem.

I'll file a bug report, maybe someone in the TB group will notice.

Have a good day,
wolf k.

Wolf, what does Thunderbird do that indicates it's expecting a MIME
attachment? Does it give any information other than failing to decode?

And am I right in assuming you can decode Joevan's and Pat's pictures?

It just fails to decode. Joevan's and Pat's pictures decode correctly. I
see an image in the message pane, and also as an attachment (the file
name displays in the attachment bar). In this case, your pictures did
not show as attachments. Tbird obviously believes the message header
(which identifies the encoding as mime), and not the file header (which
identifies it as uuencoded). So it doesn't even try to decode the image
file.

Don't worry about it, Sue, I'm quite willing to do the Save As then Open
thing.

TBird cannot combine multi-part files, which is occasionally an issue.
It's also unreliable when decoding yEnc encoded messages, which doesn't
bother me.

Have a good day,
Wolf K.

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:17:53 -0400, Wolf K
wrote:

On 29/09/2011 2:34 PM, Mad Cow wrote:
In g.com, Wolf K
writes

Exactly, the header for the message says "mime", but the header for the
jpg file says "uuencoded by..." That mismatch between header and segment
is what causes the problem.

I'll file a bug report, maybe someone in the TB group will notice.

Have a good day,
wolf k.

Wolf, what does Thunderbird do that indicates it's expecting a MIME
attachment? Does it give any information other than failing to decode?

And am I right in assuming you can decode Joevan's and Pat's pictures?

It just fails to decode. Joevan's and Pat's pictures decode correctly. I
see an image in the message pane, and also as an attachment (the file
name displays in the attachment bar). In this case, your pictures did
not show as attachments. Tbird obviously believes the message header
(which identifies the encoding as mime), and not the file header (which
identifies it as uuencoded). So it doesn't even try to decode the image
file.

Don't worry about it, Sue, I'm quite willing to do the Save As then Open
thing.

TBird cannot combine multi-part files, which is occasionally an issue.
It's also unreliable when decoding yEnc encoded messages, which doesn't
bother me.

Have a good day,
Wolf K.
Agent is "the" newsreader.