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Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 not formatted

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MichaelStayton
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Message from a list server is not formatted.

Content-ID: <232864@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Content-Type: message/rfc822

Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:15:01 +0000 From: "Jousma, David" <David.Jousma@53.COM> Subject: Re: CSSMTP user exit and external email MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

QW5kcmV3LCAgdGhhbmsteW91IHZlcnkgbXVjaCBmb3IgdGFraW5nIHRoZSB0aW1lIHRvIHB1dCB1 cCB0aGUgc2FtcGxlLiAgIA0KDQpEYXZlDQoNCl9fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f

Message from a list server is not formatted. ------------------------------ Content-ID: <232864@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Content-Type: message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:15:01 +0000 From: "Jousma, David" <David.Jousma@53.COM> Subject: Re: CSSMTP user exit and external email MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 QW5kcmV3LCAgdGhhbmsteW91IHZlcnkgbXVjaCBmb3IgdGFraW5nIHRoZSB0aW1lIHRvIHB1dCB1 cCB0aGUgc2FtcGxlLiAgIA0KDQpEYXZlDQoNCl9fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f

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Matt
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what does "not formatted" mean?

Are you talking about an attachment? the body of the email? or what?

The excerpt does not say much.

I do not understand why plain text would ever be base64 encoded. Sounds like double speak really as it is not binary data that needs to be encoded.

I am confused I think.