MS encoding email bodies?

[Leonardo Helman]

The "corrupted" one is base64 encoded


On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 12:11:53PM -0000, Lee Stone wrote:
> Sure. Thanks for responding.
>
> Uncorrupted email body begins:-----------------
>
> "Welcome to At the Kerbside Forums
>
> Please keep this email for your records. Your account information is as
> follows:
>
> ----------------------------
> Username: test8
> Password: test8
> ----------------------------
>
> Your account is currently inactive. You cannot use it until you visit the
> following link:
>
> http://www.gospeloak.com/profile.php?mode=activate&u=5&act_key=bef8e62330fbe
> ea354
>
> Please do not forget your password as it has been encrypted in our database
> and we cannot retrieve it for you. However, should you forget your password
> you can request a new one which will be activated in the same way as this
> account.
>
> Thank you for registering.
>
> --
> Thanks, Parking-Petition.org admins"
>
> Uncorrupted Ends-----------------------------
>
> Corrupted Body begins:-----------------------
> V2VsY29tZSB0byBBdCB0aGUgS2VyYnNpZGUgRm9ydW1zCgpQbGVhc2Uga2VlcCB0aGlzIGVtYWls
> IGZvciB5b3VyIHJlY29yZHMuIFlvdXIgYWNjb3VudCBpbmZvcm1hdGlvbiBpcyBhcyBmb2xsb3dz
> OgoKLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLQpVc2VybmFtZTogdGVzdDkKUGFzc3dvcmQ6
> IHRlc3Q5Ci0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0KCllvdXIgYWNjb3VudCBpcyBjdXJy
> ZW50bHkgaW5hY3RpdmUuIFlvdSBjYW5ub3QgdXNlIGl0IHVudGlsIHlvdSB2aXNpdCB0aGUgZm9s
> bG93aW5nIGxpbms6CgpodHRwOi8vd3d3Lmdvc3BlbG9hay5jb20vcHJvZmlsZS5waHA/bW9kZT1h
> Y3RpdmF0ZSZ1PTYmYWN0X2tleT0yYzFkOGU2ODJjZTI2ZDNiZTQKClBsZWFzZSBkbyBub3QgZm9y
> Z2V0IHlvdXIgcGFzc3dvcmQgYXMgaXQgaGFzIGJlZW4gZW5jcnlwdGVkIGluIG91ciBkYXRhYmFz
> ZSBhbmQgd2UgY2Fubm90IHJldHJpZXZlIGl0IGZvciB5b3UuIEhvd2V2ZXIsIHNob3VsZCB5b3Ug
> Zm9yZ2V0IHlvdXIgcGFzc3dvcmQgeW91IGNhbiByZXF1ZXN0IGEgbmV3IG9uZSB3aGljaCB3aWxs
> IGJlIGFjdGl2YXRlZCBpbiB0aGUgc2FtZSB3YXkgYXMgdGhpcyBhY2NvdW50LgoKVGhhbmsgeW91
> IGZvciByZWdpc3RlcmluZy4KCi0tIApUaGFua3MsIFBhcmtpbmctUGV0aXRpb24ub3JnIGFkbWlu
> cw==
>
> Corrupted body ends-------------------------
>
> Hope this helps? I am very much a novice at all this.
>
> Regards
>
> Lee Stone
> ---------
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > Behalf Of Julian Field
> > Sent: 24 February 2005 12:07
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: MS encoding email bodies?
> >
> > Can you post an uncorrupted mail and a corrupted one please?
> >
> > Lee Stone wrote:
> >
> > >Hello
> > >
> > >I hope someone can help me here - I upgraded at the weekend to MS
> > v4.38.10-1
> > >from v4.32.5 or thereabouts. I also upgraded ClamAV and SA.
> > >
> > >I host a phpBB forum which sends out user confirmation emails to newly
> > >registered members. The body of these emails used to say something along
> > the
> > >lines of "welcome to the forum - click here to activate your
> > membership...."
> > >with a link comprising URL+7-bit_code. These are now coming through with
> > the
> > >whole body [mime?-]encoded and illegible.
> > >
> > >Now, I cannot for the life of me work out where in MailScanner.conf I
> > turn
> > >off this encoding - if indeed this is where I do it.
> > >
> > >I know it is not the forum doing it, I can temporarily route outgoing
> > emails
> > >through another mail server [still running MS 4.32.5] and they come
> > through
> > >intact.
> > >
> > >Your advice would be welcome.
> > >
> > >Regards
> > >
> > >Lee Stone
> > >
> > >MS 4.38.10
> > >SuSE linux 9.0
> > >SA 2.64-4
> > >Perl 5.8.1 [was updated but hit memory-race issue so downgraded again]
> > >Mail::SpamAssassin 3.000002
> > >Mail::ClamAV 0.13
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