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  • BASE64 Eclipse pic (from Argentina)

    From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Don Epi on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 13:04:22
    Re: BASE64 Eclipse pic (from Argentina)
    By: Don Epi to All on Mon May 16 2022 03:32 pm

    /9j/4RkeRXhpZgAATU0AKgAAAAgABwESAAMAAAABAAEAAAEaAAUAA

    What is all of this? A base64-encoded image?
    Many of us are using text-based message readers (either online or offline) and won't be able to see the message directly if it's posted this way.

    Nightfox
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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to Nightfox on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 14:09:28
    On 17 May 2022, Nightfox said the following...

    What is all of this? A base64-encoded image?

    Yup, exactly what it is.

    Many of us are using text-based message readers (either online or
    offline) and won't be able to see the message directly if it's posted
    this way.

    I downloaded the message with Mystic and then converted that text to a .JPG which you can view here:

    https://ibb.co/F4jHBhd


    Jay

    ... Pohl's law: Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110)
  • From Don Epi@21:4/167 to Nightfox on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 16:07:36
    What is all of this? A base64-encoded image?
    Many of us are using text-based message readers (either online or
    offline) and won't be able to see the message directly if it's posted
    this way.

    Nightfox

    Hi Nightfox! Yeah, a Base64 encoded image... we are in the test echo, after
    all ;) I was testing if I could pass my eclipse pics without "corruption"
    of any kind, using an FTN as a medium... it worked! haha... of course I
    always use a BBS for reading echoes, so I uploaded a .txt with the base64 encoding.

    Bye!!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: The Vault BBS (21:4/167)
  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Warpslide on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 13:04:38
    Re: Re: BASE64 Eclipse pic (from Argentina)
    By: Warpslide to Nightfox on Wed May 18 2022 02:09 pm

    What is all of this? A base64-encoded image?

    Yup, exactly what it is.

    I downloaded the message with Mystic and then converted that text to a .JPG which you can view here:

    That's cool. :)

    I noticed that Synchronet added some handling for file attachments on messages a couple years ago. Synchronet has a built-in mechanism now for allowing users to download attachments from messages. I'm not sure if it allows file attachments on public messages in its echo areas though; it might only be for private email, but I'm not sure.

    Nightfox
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