Hi,

I use Outlook 2003.

I received a message with the following subject: Become a member and you
could win £2500!

As this e-Mail evaded my anti-spam rules, I checked the message header and
found the subject to be:

Subject:
=?Windows-1252?B?QmVjb21lIGEgbWVtYmVyIGFuZCB5b3UgY291bGQgd2l uIKMyNTAwIQ==?=

The only part of this I recognise is the character set identifier
Windows-1252.

Can anyone tell me how the subject in the message header and the subject
displayed in my inbox are different?

Thanks.

Colin

outlook can decode it for viewing, rules can't.

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"News Group" wrote in message
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Hi,

I use Outlook 2003.

I received a message with the following subject: Become a member and you
could win £2500!

As this e-Mail evaded my anti-spam rules, I checked the message header and
found the subject to be:

Subject:
=?Windows-1252?B?QmVjb21lIGEgbWVtYmVyIGFuZCB5b3UgY291bGQgd2l uIKMyNTAwIQ==?=

The only part of this I recognise is the character set identifier
Windows-1252.

Can anyone tell me how the subject in the message header and the subject
displayed in my inbox are different?

Thanks.

Colin

Hi Diane,

Thanks for the very quick response.

Is this some form of encryption?

Colin.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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| outlook can decode it for viewing, rules can't.
|
| --
| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
| Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
| Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
|
| Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
| Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
| Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
|
|
|
| "News Group" wrote in message
| ...
| Hi,
|
| I use Outlook 2003.
|
| I received a message with the following subject: Become a member and you
| could win £2500!
|
| As this e-Mail evaded my anti-spam rules, I checked the message header
and
| found the subject to be:
|
| Subject:
|
=?Windows-1252?B?QmVjb21lIGEgbWVtYmVyIGFuZCB5b3UgY291bGQgd2l uIKMyNTAwIQ==?=
|
| The only part of this I recognise is the character set identifier
| Windows-1252.
|
| Can anyone tell me how the subject in the message header and the subject
| displayed in my inbox are different?
|
| Thanks.
|
| Colin
|
|
|
|

News Group wrote:

Is this some form of encryption?

It's a different Latin character code page.
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/r...sbcs/1252.mspx
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Brian Tillman