Rory, et al --

...and then Rory Campbell-Lange said...
% 
% On 04/04/02, David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
% > % > This message uses a character set that is not supported by the
...
% > So it sounds like you have a MIME attachment that the Mac client can't
% > read.  What is the format of your mail messages?
% 
% I don't know enough about using charsets or encodings to answer this
% sensibly. I believe I'm using the standard u.s. ISO-8859 charset. The

Hmmm...


% message was written in vim in the usual way and then I attached 3 pdfs.
% The pdfs were created on a mac.

That shouldn't be a problem; they're pretty clearly identified...


% 
% The view of the parts of the message looks like this:
% 
%  I     1 <no description>       [text/plain, 8bit, unknown-8bit, 1.0K] 
%  A     2 invoice february 2002.doc.pdf      [applica/pdf, base64, 46K] 
%  A     3 invoice march 2002.doc.pdf         [applica/pdf, base64, 45K] 
%  A     4 invoice january 2002.doc.pdf       [applica/pdf, base64, 45K]

I wonder about the unknown-8bit part there.  I don't see why a Mac would
know how to handle it, either.

What if you <resend-message> and then <edit-type> and change it to
iso-8859 or perhaps something else recognizable (I don't know what the
choices are; try it and see if you get a pick list)?


% 
% > % Any ideas on how to avoid this problem?
% > 
% > Well, you could always quit corresponding with that client ;-)
% 
% A bit tricky to do that - I run an IT department with needy users all
% mailing through MacOE!

Fah, they're just users.  Pawn communications off on an underling and get
back to nethack :-)


% 
% Thanks for any help

HTH & HAND


% Rory
% 
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% Rory Campbell-Lange 
% <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
% <www.campbell-lange.net>


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