Date:         Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:27:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Cassell.David@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
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From:         "David L. Cassell" <Cassell.David@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Sending email from datastep, using socket filename
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Stig Eide <stigeide@YAHOO.COM> wrote [in small part]:
> [really cool code elided by DLC]
> I can't get it to work with binary attachments, anyone got a clue?

I can't tell form here, but you may *never* be able to get it
to work with a binary attachment.  Lots of SMTP gateways are
set up to kill those.  Can you check whether you can send a
binary attachment through normal means through the same gateways
and have it come out at the receiver intact?

Another issue with binary attachments is something I have heard of
which is not even part of RFC 822 (the MIME spec, for those playing
at home).  Some gateways insist on you specifying a content-length
for your message if you have a binary attachment, even though that's
an HTTP thing and not a part of the MIME spec.

HTH,
David
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David Cassell, CSC
Cassell.David@epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician