>Hi, several people e-mailed me with interest in the MIME Translation problem. > >Here are the replies I got. Hope this helps. > >1. go to www.winzip.com and download. the winzip 6.1 or 7.0 program.. it will > extract and open the files for you. Mime files are compressed files. a form > of zipping. > >2. The following message from the SCOTT list is an explanation of why AOL >users > cannot convert MIME files. > Lynda (Tatum) Veal > > Those of you who aren't subscribing to this list in Digest form with >America > Online email addresses probably aren't suffering from this problem but >could >be affected by the solution. > > A small handful of subscribers mentioned to me recently that some of the > digests have been arriving in MIME format. MIME is one method of taking a > binary file and converting it to text for tranmsittal as email. Internet >Email really doesn't know how to handle program and data files, only text. >MIME is a way of getting around that limitation. > > A bit of investigative work found that the subscribers with the problem >were > subscribing in Digest mode and had AOL addresses. This is about 6% of our > subscriber list. It turns out that AOL does not like long email messages >and > some Digests exceed some arbitrary limit AOL sets. (I cannot find out what >the character limit may be - it doesn't seem to be published) When a long >message > arrives at AOL, their email system assumes that it has an attachment and >tries to convert it. Of course, this is incorrect in our case and >paradoxally the Digest gets converted into MIME format whether we like it or >not. AOL isn't going to > change their ways. To their mind, they don't have a problem! > > To try to combat this problem, I have adjusted the maximum size of any >SCOTT > digest one "notch" smaller. Since I don't know what AOL's threshold may >be, > this is just a shot in the dark. I don't know if it will cure the problem. >It may > only result in more issues of the Digest! > > If you are an AOL subscriber who receives this list in Digest form and >still >get your email from this list in MIME format, please let me know. I'll keep >making adjustments as needed so long as I have "notches" left. > David Scott > >3. I think that you have to save it as a text document and then get a reader. >I just read on this same subject. Remember I don't know how to do, I just >bought Eudora Pro and haven't loaded yet. See below > > Manually Decoding Attachments. > > If you send an attachment and your recipient's e-mail program dose not > automatically decode it, it will probably be included in the body of the > message in the chosen attachment format(MIME, BinHex, or Unencode). > If you receive a large message consisting largely of indepeciperable text, > it is probably an attachment that was not automatically decoded. Usually > this is because the attachment headers are formatted incorrectly. > > To decode an attachment that was not automatically decoded, open the > message >and select Save AS...from the File menu to save the message as a text file. >Then run the decoding utility appropriate for the encoding method that the >sender used. Decoding utilities can be found at various shareware sites on > the Internet. > >4. I use a program callec Xfer Pro 32, Information Transfer Professional. > I have attached a copy of the program. Install it and it should convert the >MIME files. Note, I had to attach quite a few files. You should download >to a >seperate > folder or floppy to keep the fils together. If you have a problem, let me > know and I will send a zip file. > >5. There is a Shareware translator (encoder & Decoder) called "Wincode". I > think you may be able to get (download) it at http://www.Tucows.com or > http://www.shareware.com. Wincode will do UUE also. What is important >when > decoding MME or UUE is to make sure you get the header information included > in the translator (Decoder). The header should describe what type of file >it' > ultimately suppose to be. > > Also, I believe the "full version" (ie. sold in stores) of Eudora email >has a > translator built in. I am told it is pretty seamless. I haven't had to >decode or encode for awhile. > > Hope that I was some help. If you need more detail, pls. feel free to give >me > another "shout". > >6. Cut from the message the part you wish to decipher and paste it into >Notepad. Save as a text file and open that file in Microsoft Explorer. If >that doesn't work forward me a copy of the message and I'll see if I can open >it for you. > >7. Andrea, bet you need Acrobat Reader 3.6 to read a PDF document! > >8. Sometimes you can open things with Word Pad - if you are running windows go > to start and then to accessories and then click on word pad. Also, if they >are MIME records, try email, because most email programs are mime. If you >want forward them to me and I'll try to open for you. > Brenda Pierce > >9. It isn't possible to read them. I have that straight from the experts. > AOL has a flaw in that it turns any mail over a certain length into a MIME > file. Regular MIME files can be opened but not these from AOL. > The solution is to ask the sender to send the document as an attachment > instead of in the message of the email. > Julia > >10. Since you are on AOL, go to keyword "mime" and this will point you to a >MIME > viewer you can download. This explains MIME encoding and decoding. Hope >this > helps. > Barney > >11. Andrea -- AOL no longer automatically converts MIME docs. You probably >need > to download a MIME converter. There are several available online to >download > for free -- of course, I can't remember the URLs, but if you do a keyword > search, I suspect you can find something. > Judy > >12. You need a decoder to open a .mim file. One thing you can do is go to > http://www.shareware.com and download WinCode. It's a decoding program, > and free. > That's what I use - can't beat it for free! > Nancy > >13. Have you tried a program called "Wincode"? It decodes MIME files. It is > downloadable for free on the internet. just do a search for Wincode and >you > should be able to find it. > Hope this helps. > Anne > mwise@prodigy.net > >14. AOL does something with mime formats and it often cant be read. 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