Re: uudecode/ydecode troubles

[Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>]

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:
>
>> 1. uuencode doesn't give the least hint that there is uuencoded stuff in
>>    the article. The uuencode section is hidden without buttons or marker
>>    lines. Relevant file from nnml spool attached. uudecode is tried
>>    without the user's doing, so the I-Love-You-Signature stuff can fool
>>    Gnus. http://piology.org/ILOVEYOU-Signature-FAQ.html
>
> When I hit C-u g on your msg, I see no uuencoded stuff anywhere.

Wow. I used attach-file and manually changed the type to be
message/rfc822 (Gnus decided application/octet-stream).

Look as though Gnus decoded the thing without asking when I included
that file. I'm inlining the same file, read with C-x i and then
protected with regexp-replace ^ by "| ", rather than Attach File menu or
C-c RET f.

What the heck...?

I ask that all this automatic en- or decoding, binhex, uuencode, yenc
and all the other unstructured crap be totally disabled by default
unless it's MIME and has Content-Disposition: inline headers. There are
appropriate options in the Article menu when reading, no need to do any magic.

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