>>I am receiving email via an email server called Smartserver - this piece of software has the advantage that it creats a text file for each incoming email thus making them easy to parse - unforstunately it doesn't support encryption / decryption
>>
>>I have a particular batch of emails which are coming in with 64bit encryption and I can't read them - have had a quick look at the offerings on UV but can't work out how to use them - does anyone have a pice of code wghich would enable me to decrypt these strings?
>
>What is "64bit encryption"? Unless you know the algorithm/method used and a password then you can't.
>
>OTOH if you are taliking about BASE64 codeing/encoding, then VFP9 has STRCONV() function but in VFP6 I don't think (don't remember) if it worked.
>
>See also:
>http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~StrConv
>http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VfpBase64
>http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k0yb2181(VS.80).aspx

Alex thanks for that - think you're correct but look at the following example

mime-version: 1.0
from: tm@atdata.dk
to: pods@goms.co.uk
cc: colin@colin-northway.com
date: 27 Jul 2007 12:22:03 +0200
subject: From InterJetAir CPH
content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable
Message-Id: <20070727102207.66853800E9B@pasmtpA.tele.dk>

%%M%%METACS=0D=0Ametacs server=0D=0A?From Interjetair on 27-jul-2007=0D=0AP=
=0D=0AP~5835569~16-Jul-07~12:10~WILLIAMS=0D=0AP=0D=0AP~5835556~16-Jul-07~11:00~H?JLUND=
=0D=0AP=0D=0AP~5620392~17-Jul-07~12:10~BENT=0D=0AP=0D=0AP~5838058~20-Jul-07~11:55~NIELSEN=
=0D=0AP=0D=0A%%M%%ENDOFTX

should read like this - so what is the problem?

%%M%%METACS
metacs server
?From Interjetair on 27-jul-2007
P
P~5835569~16-Jul-07~12:10~WILLIAMS
P
P~5835556~16-Jul-07~11:00~H?JLUND
P
P~5620392~17-Jul-07~12:10~BENT
P
P~5838058~20-Jul-07~11:55~NIELSEN
P
%%M%%ENDOFTX