what format is this in

[shankle]

Wiffie sent an email to a friend. She said that she could not read the email.
I looked an can not find what format this email used. The email in ? can be read on
wiffies windows 7-pro 32-bit puter and on my windows 7 pro 64 bit puter.
It is an email called "Beautiful Churches". Much to large to post here.
Wiffie has a lot of problems like this and so do I.
I have no idea what setup her friend has that can't read this email.
Wish I could be more specific.
Any ideas????

[dedndave]

open it in the e-mail client where it works
then, save as...
you may be given some format options (.EML is a common format)

[Tedd]

Email is strictly plain text. However, various 'advancements' mean the text could represent some strange encoding, inline 'rich' text/html, or an attachment that is automatically displayed by the email client.

So, is this actually an attachment that isn't opening? If so, check the file type.
Is it a rich encoding (are there different font styles, sizes, colors, images)?
If it looks like raw text, you'll have to check the options for encoding, though most clients should handle the common ones.
You can also check the email headers, which should give information on the encoding, and allow you to see how the email is actually encoded (html/images/text/attachments all ultimately have to be encoded as plain text.)

[shankle]

Thanks guys for helping.
I found this web site with the email in question.
I still don't know what format it is in.......

http://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/destinations/2013/12/24/beautiful-churches-around-the-world/3961845/

[Vortex]

Frequently, the Base64 encoding is used :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64

[shankle]

Thank you Vortex for responding.
Sounds like a form of "mime" that I never have heard of, much less understand.

Now to my Wiffies friend that can't read that email. What does she need to add to her
computer to let her do so?

[Vortex]

Hi shankle,

There are many base64 converters on the net. Here is one :

http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/base64/

Some examples :

Code Select Expand

echo Assembly forum | base64 -e
QXNzZW1ibHkgZm9ydW0gDQo=

echo QXNzZW1ibHkgZm9ydW0gDQo= | base64 -d
Assembly forum

echo Masm Forum > test.txt

base64.exe -e test.txt encoded.txt

type encoded.txt
TWFzbSBGb3J1bSANCg==

base64.exe -d encoded.txt test2.txt

type test2.txt
Masm Forum

[Tedd]

Or just send a link to the web page instead?

It's not common to send Base64 encoded messages, but it is often used as the encoding for file attachments -- which the email client should handle automatically, unless something got messed up somewhere.