HTML/Newsletters being received as unreadable code

[Hugo van der Kooij]

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Andrew Chester wrote:

| We have recently implemented MailScanner in a mail gateway of ours, and
| since then about 4 random emails have come through as unreadable code.
| The emails seem to HTML based, be it newsletters that have been
| subscribed to or confirmation of flight details to a user, and seem to
| be random. The code looks like the following (obviously different for
| each mail):
|
| ]I.Jn*'?'w&]*Z+Z
| ?4)4)4)4)4)4)??!?4)4)e??Ё????
?%?%Ё?Ё???4)?e??Ё???????Ё1?4)%
?Ё????Ё???????Ё???4)
| ??
???
???????M?4)?Ё??4)4)e????4)4)e?????????4)???
???4)Q??????
|         ?4)4)

Sounds like a unicode message. In what language is it send? (I guess you
got plenty of options in South Afrika in that regard.)

Preferably we need to see the full message before and after MailScanner
handles it. I guess before is out of the queston but the message after
might tell us a thing or two by inspecting all of the headers.

Sometimes messages are send in a broken format and that might interfere
with the proper working of MailScanner or other programs.

Hugo.

PS: Je mist een telefoonnummer in je bericht. (I read the Afrikaanse
disclaimer ;-)

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	A: Yes.
	>Q: Are you sure?
	>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
	>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

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