On 9 Oct 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Loren Wilton wrote: > >> > >> > Base-64 encoding of HTML strikes me as a little odd. I wonder if > >> > it would make a good spam sign. > >> > >> Very likely. The only reason to do that is to shield the HTML from > >> pattern matching filters that don't decode text body parts first. > >> > >> Of course, it might not be widely used... > > You would see it more often in countries like germany or france, > where letters sometimes wear hats :)
I thought about that, but encoding the *entire* HTML body in base64 is not a reasonable way to deal with that; you should just encode the individual accented characters properly using standard HTML encoding methods. Encoding the entire HTML body in base-64 is terribly wasteful given how much it will expand the size of the content. -- John Hardin KA7OHZ http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] FALaholic #11174 pgpk -a [EMAIL PROTECTED] key: 0xB8732E79 -- 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- An AR-15 in civilian hands used to defend a home or business: a High Velocity Assault Weapon with High Capacity Magazine An AR-15 in Law Enforcement Officer hands used to murder six kids: a Police-Style rifle ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 229 days until the Mars Phoenix lander arrives at Mars
