[Info-vax] To MIME or not to MIME

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] The "FILEERROR" would seem to indicate the filename
> specified as the OPEN parameter. [...]

   And do both the NOFILNAME errors indicate the same thing?

   When an error message about a file or file name fails to
reveal the actual file name involved, then it can be wise to
assume nothing about which file/name is triggering it. 
Hence:

>    My first guess would be that MIME is complaining about the
> file name of the attachment (in "BALSA.TXT"), not about
> "BALSA.TXT" itself.

> But WHY should it fail completely when I have the option to
> specify the filename into which to save the attachment in the
> EXTRACT?

   It's not a very capable program, and it's buggy on top of
that.  I use it occasionally, and it seldom fails to
disappoint.