Thanks Jim. It sounds like the encoding issue in digests was addressed in
version 16. See this tech article:
http://www.lsoft.com/news/techtipLSV-issue4-2011.asp

What would be involved in upgrading gerry's listserv software to a more
modern version?

-Mark

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Note that the listserv software that runs the list is nearly 20 years old.
> I’ve not been able to find any switch to enable base64 decoding for the
> digests or archives.  If anyone wants to pore over the documentation and
> discover such thing, I think everyone would be grateful.
>
> http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/index.html
>
> We are running the level set release v1.8d 2000b
>
> Googling about a bit finds threads for versions as late as listserv16 with
> similar problems.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> > On Jan 4, 2018, at 6:22 AM, Mark McCulley <mark.mcculley@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dennis's emails are base64 encoded. base64 encoding is typically used to
> > encode binary information (like images) into ASCII text format. You can
> > decode the 'gibberish' by cutting and pasting it to this site:
> https://www.
> > base64decode.org
> >
> > The software that creates the digests should decode base64-encoded emails
> > into readable text but the vanagon listserv is not doing this. There may
> be
> > a setting on the listserv software that an admin could change to make
> this
> > work correctly.
> >
> > Dennis, this support article might be help you change your Outlook email
> > client to not use base64 encoding:
> > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/278134/how-outlook-
> applies-encoding-to-plain-text-e-mail-messages
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 8:05 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Paul,
> >> I do not know why this happens. I use multiple computers, windows 10
> >> phone, outlook, windows mail, and sometimes a web browser for my
> responses.
> >> I am at a loss as to what I should be doing differently that won't
> affect
> >> other work I do.
> >>
> >> List experts?
> >>
> >> Dennis
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: paul guard [mailto:gears@prodigy.net]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2018 3:48 PM
> >> To: d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM
> >> Subject: Gerry List
> >>
> >> Hi Dennis
> >>
> >> I must admit to being computer illiterate .. but the Gerry Vanagon list
> >> has to be the most exasperating mailing  list I've every experienced.
> >>
> >> I am unable to read ANY of your posts (that arrive in daily digest) ..
> >> they come across as gibberish.  It's a shame, as I'm sure you post a
> lot of
> >> great stuff worthy of reading.
> >>
> >> .. and I'm unable to visit the site to read posts directly off the site,
> >> which would probably read in actual printed english.
> >>
> >> Any attempts to sign-up again leave me on some other Vanagon site,
> >> apparently NOT the Gerry site.
> >>
> >> Any tips you might be able to provide would be appreciated.  Or .. is
> >> there any way you could begin posting in plain text?  I'm pretty sure
> I'm
> >> not the only one with this problem.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Paul Guard
> >> gears@prodigy.net
> >>
>
>