[pmmail-list] PMMAIL 2.20.2380 file corruption (forwards with attachments)

[Paul Hodges]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:17:52 -0400 (EDT), Carl Gehr wrote:

>  >  This is unavoidable if you want to view or process the attachment. 
>  
>  WHY is is 'unavoidable?'

Because to look at or process the attachment it has to be decoded
from the MIME form.  If no processing is required (as in forwarding
without looking at it), then of course this decoding is not required
and should be avoided to save waste of effort (let alone potential
bugs!).

Paul Hodges
QBS Software Ltd