base-64 ignored

[gene heskett]

On Friday, 27 May 2022 17:42:31 EDT Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Freitag, 27. Mai 2022 22:40:03 CEST gene heskett wrote:
> > On Friday, 27 May 2022 14:23:26 EDT Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > * Find the base64 encoded body part that KMail doesn't display and
> > > select it. What happens?
> > 
> > The msg structure window shows only the plain text component. Nothing
> > else.
> > 
> > If the mime is supposed to be working, its not.
> > The message I previously quoted from has been deleted but this one
> > has at least 2 mimetypes I'll see if I can find all 4 part labels in
> > the v display: first from the header,
> > Content-Type: text/plain; boundary="----
> > =_Part_121881756_1312323874.1653566590298"; charset="US-ASCII"
> 
> And there we have the problem. If a message consists of multiple body
> parts, then the Content-Type should be multipart/* and in this case
> most likely multipart/alternative. The Content-Type text/plain is
> clearly wrong.
> > ------=_Part_121881756_1312323874.1653566590298
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> > ------=_Part_121881756_1312323874.1653566590298
> > Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> > ------=_Part_121881756_1312323874.1653566590298--
> > which is interesting, only one end marker.
> 
> There should be only one end marker. It marks the end of the last body
> part. The end of the first body part and, at the same time, the start
> of the second body part is marked by the second boundary string.
> 
> Regards,
> Ingo
So at the end of the day, its likely the M$ editor at digikey that is 
abusing the pooch. I doubt it it got mucked in transit.

Thanks Ingo.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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