.ela files appear as rubbish on the screen

[Simon Dawson <si@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

it's because they become mime encoded - that is, if it looked kind of ordered
(eg, a little header at the top, and a little header at the bottom).

You can get apps to decode this 'base 64 encoding' into a regular file.. 
failing
that you could always mail it to me, I'll decode it and mail it back.. I wrote
an app myself (couldn't find one simple enough).

it's pretty straight forward stuff.. it just translates a binary file into 
a text file, without
screwing it up. that way it can be mailed to anyone with any email package, no
matter what O/S they're on, or how their mailer deals with attachments.

Simon


At 05:15 09/07/01 -0700, you wrote:
>From: jbd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: omega-digest Digest V101 #223
>Message-ID: <OF350EB97C.87084D59-ONCA256A84.001C6443@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>Often *.ela files appear as rubbish on the screen.  There is no attachment.
>
>I use a program called lotus notes to operate my emails.  Can any one help
>to fix the problem.
>
>Regards,
>
>Bruce Davenport
>(jbd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)