There is probably something wrong with the MIME headers. Otherwise
Outlook Express would have displayed it OK.

Corrupt headers doesn't mean that they as appear as gibberish. Rather
that there is a misplaced comma or semicolon, incorrect continuation,
etc. For example, SpamKiller reflows the MIME headers and doesn't
correctly handle the continuation.

If you would like, you may send me one of the problem messages and I'll
take a look at it. It's best if you zip the message so that I get an
exact copy of it. To do that, do a File, Save As to an EML file of a
problem message. Then Right click the saved EML file and select Send
To, Compressed (zipped) folder. Then e-mail me the resulting ZIP file.
Alternately, you can do a Message, Forward As Attachment of a problem
message. This is not as good as the zip file since the headers can be
modified in transit which may obscure the problem. A simple Forward is
worthless since it does not include the headers.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Bill" wrote in message
...
Obtained a copy of Wincode 2.7.3 and was able to decode the MIME
formatted
messages. Thank you!

"Bill" wrote:

I'm not using SpamKiller. However, it appears the MIME messages are
from
persons who have established mail lists. The last MIME formatted
message
that I received, it doesn't appear that any of the header information
is
corrupted (I can read it fine, but the text is corrupted).
Interesting note,
is that I received several separate messages from the same
individual, and
some were received just fine, but others not. I'll have a read of
your
tutorial, to see if that provides any answers.



"Michael Santovec" wrote:

MIME and plain text are not opposites. A MIME message may be in
plain
text or HTML format. A Plain text message may be in MIME format or
Uuencode (non-MIME) Format.

Outlook Express supports all of them.

If in the normal message reading window you see the note that the
message is in MIME format and that your mail program doesn't
support
MIME, that means that the MIME message headers are corrupted.
(It's OK
to see that if looking at the Message Source).

Are you perhaps using SpamKiller? That program corrupts the MIME
headers in messages from Lotus Notes users. Other anti-spam
programs or
anti-virus programs scanning e-mail could potentially do the same
thing.

Another cause of this is messages forwarded from a mailing list
that
doesn't support MIME.

For some additional information, see:
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Bill" wrote in message
...
Lately, I've begun receiving email messages from some individuals
in
MIME
format. I've requested that they send me email messages in plain
text, but
that hasn't fixed the problem. Any thoughts on how to fix the
problem?