I figured out a way to view pictures when they look like this: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgAAZABkAAD/7AARRHVja3kAAQAEAAAAHgAA/+4AIUFkb2JlAGTAAAAAAQMA EAMCAwYAAAs4AAAcGAAARFP/2wCEABALCwsMCxAMDBAXDw0PFxsUEBAUGx8XFxcXFx8eFxoaGhoX Hh4jJSclIx4vLzMzLy9AQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEABEQ8PERMRFRISFRQRFBEUGhQWFhQaJhoaHBoa etc etc etc This happens if you get the digest form of pianotech, or if you read the digests in the archives. Here's what you do: You need a program to decode that mess and make it into a picture. There is a free program called "Decoder" which you can download from http://www.harmonysoftware.com/ When you have the digest with a picture it in, copy all the garbled mess into a text file. It's important that you include the few lines just before all the coded stuff. Here is an example of the important text, followed by a few lines of coded picture: Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="frlsc.jpg" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description: frlsc.jpg Content-Id: <325260-22001752713453728016@bom3.vsnl.net.in> /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgAAZABkAAD/7AARRHVja3kAAQAEAAAAHgAA/+4AIUFkb2JlAGTAAAAAAQMA EAMCAwYAAAs4AAAcGAAARFP/2wCEABALCwsMCxAMDBAXDw0PFxsUEBAUGx8XFxcXFx8eFxoaGhoX Hh4jJSclIx4vLzMzLy9AQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEABEQ8PERMRFRISFRQRFBEUGhQWFhQaJhoaHBoa Copy everything until the end of the coded stuff into your text file. Then run Decoder on this file, and it will make a nice .jpg file for you to view! In theory, it should work with other types of attachments, too, like Word documents. Happy viewing! Charles P.S. Linux users can use the program mimencode (with the "-u" flag for DEcoding) to do the same thing.
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