DOCUMENT:Q141948  18-APR-1998  [msnetwork]
TITLE   :Mail Attachment Received from America Online Is Unreadable
PRODUCT :The Microsoft Network
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.0,1.05,1.2,1.3,2.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:kb3rdparty msnmail kbmsn

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The information in this article applies to:

 - The Microsoft Network versions 1.0, 1.05, 1.2, 1.3, 2.0
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SYMPTOMS
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You may receive e-mail from an America Online address with an attached file
that is unreadable.

CAUSE
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The sender used UUENCODE to encode the file, then attached it using the
Attach command in America Online's mail program. When America Online sends
attachments inserted with the Attach command, the attachments are encoded
using MIME. Encoding a UUENCODED file with MIME damages the file.

RESOLUTION
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Ask the sender not to use the Attach command to insert a UUENCODED file
into a message. The text from the file can be pasted into the message after
encoding the file with UUENCODE.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Microsoft Network does not currently support MIME.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.05 1.20 1.30 2.00 msn
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Keywords          : kb3rdparty msnmail kbmsn 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.05,1.2,1.3,2.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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