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Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept.

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In article <525063d0e0alan_calder@o2.co.uk>,
   Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <52505e1f8ariscos@mdharding.org.uk>,
>    M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> wrote:
> > Can I get some advice in diagnosing a problem with the BBC iPlayer
> > complaints department please?

> [Snip]

> > I received an email response but this was unreadable in Pluto: the
> > body of the email was blank, and there was an HTML attachment of
> > computerese gibberish, e.g. PFNQQU4+PEZPTlQgZ  etc. 

> My solution for these kinds of emails, which are quite common now, may
> hekp you.

> Select the offending email in the list, don't open it.  From Menu choose
> Export and save the email to somewhere, accepting the defaults.

> Next load up !Attacher and drop the saved file onto its load icon.  Save
> the resulting file, with a name if base64 won't do.  Finally give this
> file the filetype HTML and it'll load into a browser.  It'll need a /htm
> suffix if you want to use it on the PC side of course.

> Hope I've got all the above correct!  All from memory as I can't seem to
> find an example to check it on.

> If you haven't got it, !Attacher is at
> http://www.johnallen.com/software/attach.zip

> Cheers

> Alan

Yup! I get a lot of these posting from software companies I deal with,
PITA, but that's the way they do it, and from my comunications with them,
they arn't bothered about changing.

You are correct above Alan.

FWIW. Another way if you have a PC and Messenger Pro.

Export from Pluto as you note above, give it an /eml suffix, transport to
the PC and drop on the MessPro Inbox window.

Dave

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Dave Triffid

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Pluto & BBC complaints dept. M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-01-12 11:30 +0000
  Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 12:32 +0000
    Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 18:57 +0000
      Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-13 09:22 +0100
        Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-13 09:46 +0000
  Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-12 16:24 +0000
  Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 19:02 +0000
    Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-12 19:58 +0000
      Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-01-13 11:04 +0000
        Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-13 12:03 +0000
          Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-01-13 14:04 +0000
            Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Richard Travers <richtnews@uwclub.net> - 2012-01-16 10:27 +0000
              Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-16 11:36 +0000
        Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Ken Wright <kcwright@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-14 20:41 +0000
          Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-14 21:21 +0000
            Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Ken Wright <kcwright@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 21:03 +0000
          Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-15 11:22 +0000
            Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Ken Wright <kcwright@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-15 21:21 +0000
              Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-16 07:01 +0100
                Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-16 08:52 +0000
                Re: Pluto & BBC complaints dept. Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-24 11:23 +0000

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