UUEncoded Attachments - Can't see in Outlook 2003

[seven_percent]

I receive file attachments that are UUEncoded in Outlook 2003.
However, they are not decoded by Outlook; i.e. the body of the message
is the typical:

Begin 600 filename.ext
Mfoofoofoofoofoofoofoo
Mbarbarbarbar
Mtictictictictictictic
Mtactactactactactactac
etc.

My search for this has turned up a plethora of articles on how to send
attachments using UUEncoding. However, with receiving these, not so
much.

Can anyone help?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I receive file attachments that are UUEncoded in Outlook 2003.
However, they are not decoded by Outlook; i.e. the body of the message
is the typical:

Begin 600 filename.ext
Mfoofoofoofoofoofoofoo
Mbarbarbarbar
Mtictictictictictictic
Mtactactactactactactac
etc.

My search for this has turned up a plethora of articles on how to send
attachments using UUEncoding. However, with receiving these, not so
much.

What version of Windows are you using? What type of mail account?

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

For a third party fix see:

http://www.slipstick.com/addins/decoders.asp
Decoder Tools

Hal
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[Diane Poremsky {MVP}]

outlook should decode them for you automatically - but something is
apparently preventing outlook from doing so. Which OS do you use and do you
have all the latest updates installed for both the OS and Outlook? Did it
recently start doing this?

I don't think http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951982 applies but it might be
worth installing it anyway. However, it will not help attachments already
downloaded.



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[seven_percent]

What version of Windows are you using?  What type of mail account?

- XP SP2
- All accounts are POP/SMTP
- Outlook 2003 SP3
- This didn't just start happening. I just started receiving
UUEncoded attachments. It's a report from one of my company's
servers. I think it is a mainframe or UNIX server (ergo the
UUEncoding). The other folks receiving the same report have no
problems; the attachment comes through as an Excel spreadsheet, as it
should.