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Date:         Sun, 7 Jan 2018 06:44:22 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <mark.mcculley@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark McCulley <mark.mcculley@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gerry List
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <0343619E-E449-4A65-9FEE-A3AA1E679DBD@gmail.com>
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Thanks Jim. It sounds like the encoding issue in digests was addressed in version 16. See this tech article: http://www.lsoft.com/news/techtipLSV-issue4-2011.asp

What would be involved in upgrading gerry's listserv software to a more modern version?

-Mark

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Note that the listserv software that runs the list is nearly 20 years old. > I’ve not been able to find any switch to enable base64 decoding for the > digests or archives. If anyone wants to pore over the documentation and > discover such thing, I think everyone would be grateful. > > http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/index.html > > We are running the level set release v1.8d 2000b > > Googling about a bit finds threads for versions as late as listserv16 with > similar problems. > > Jim > > > > > On Jan 4, 2018, at 6:22 AM, Mark McCulley <mark.mcculley@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > > > Dennis's emails are base64 encoded. base64 encoding is typically used to > > encode binary information (like images) into ASCII text format. You can > > decode the 'gibberish' by cutting and pasting it to this site: > https://www. > > base64decode.org > > > > The software that creates the digests should decode base64-encoded emails > > into readable text but the vanagon listserv is not doing this. There may > be > > a setting on the listserv software that an admin could change to make > this > > work correctly. > > > > Dennis, this support article might be help you change your Outlook email > > client to not use base64 encoding: > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/278134/how-outlook- > applies-encoding-to-plain-text-e-mail-messages > > > > -Mark > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 8:05 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Paul, > >> I do not know why this happens. I use multiple computers, windows 10 > >> phone, outlook, windows mail, and sometimes a web browser for my > responses. > >> I am at a loss as to what I should be doing differently that won't > affect > >> other work I do. > >> > >> List experts? > >> > >> Dennis > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: paul guard [mailto:gears@prodigy.net] > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2018 3:48 PM > >> To: d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM > >> Subject: Gerry List > >> > >> Hi Dennis > >> > >> I must admit to being computer illiterate .. but the Gerry Vanagon list > >> has to be the most exasperating mailing list I've every experienced. > >> > >> I am unable to read ANY of your posts (that arrive in daily digest) .. > >> they come across as gibberish. It's a shame, as I'm sure you post a > lot of > >> great stuff worthy of reading. > >> > >> .. and I'm unable to visit the site to read posts directly off the site, > >> which would probably read in actual printed english. > >> > >> Any attempts to sign-up again leave me on some other Vanagon site, > >> apparently NOT the Gerry site. > >> > >> Any tips you might be able to provide would be appreciated. Or .. is > >> there any way you could begin posting in plain text? I'm pretty sure > I'm > >> not the only one with this problem. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Paul Guard > >> gears@prodigy.net > >> > >


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