Some people reported problems with loading various
 JPEG (JFIF) files, which they had received as email
 attachment (or otherwise).

 It seems that the online service provider AOL does use
 a proprietary additional header for email attachments,
 which makes it impossible for some (most) JPEG readers
 to recognize AND decode the resulting modified JFIF files.

 The file structure for example could look like this:

     [ AOL JPEG8BIM header        ]
     [ Photshop 3.0 preview JFIF  ]
     [ Photshop 4.0 main JFIF     ]

 On the other hand, some Mac written JPEG files do look
 quite similar:

     [ MAC      header            ]
     [ JPEG8BIM header            ]
     [ Photshop 3.0 preview JFIF  ]
     [ main JFIF with "AppleMark" ]

 Anyway - let it be AOL or MacBinary:

 I've written a small utility called "StripJPEG",
 which does (at least it should, otherwise please
 feel free to report bugs) strip that proprietary
 JPEG headers from the files.

 Usage:   StripJPEG infile outfile

 If you encounter files, which are not yet recognized,
 feel free to report (and/or modify the source and
 send me the result).

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