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