On 2012-10-30 13:46, Andrew Schretter wrote:
> The problem is caused by bad RPMs that write out text during install/update/etc
> and that text happens to contain non printable ASCII characters (like a carriage
> return character or some garbage like that).  The mail program on linux sees
> these characters and automatically converts the mail to base64 before sending
> it.
>
> The patch I have to fix it is to put a " /usr/bin/tr -cd '\11\12\40-\176' " to
> filter the yum response before it is mailed.  Works for me :
>

Why not just change that UUoC to "cat -v"?


As for the thunderbird issue, possibly related:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=333880
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=535584
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580017

/ Delreich