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Old 01-05-2006, 07:10 AM
Michael J. Mahon
 
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Default Re: cannot open recieved pictures

rasshel wrote:
> I recieved pictures with this file type
> =?ISO_8859-1?Q?05-12-03_PL=E4tzchen_backen_041=2Ejpg?= I ccnnot open them
> I get error message: The application used to open this file may not be
> working or may be missing. Would you like to save the file instead? I
> cannot save the file either.


The file name has been "HTML-ized" by converting special characters
to "=<decimal ascii value>". For example, =2E represents ASCII 2E,
or period.

If you rename the file with a .jpg suffix, then it will open fine.

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