Hi Sam H.,
Your right. There is no simple answer. That's
why I waited until you gave your well written and thought
thru reply before I add my two cents worth. I didn't know
where to start and "KISS".
Eric
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:24:03 -0400 (EDT), Eric S. Emerson wrote:
>
> > Hi Sam H. et all,
> > Good explanation Sam. I was waiting to
> > see how someone would explain this. You might have mentioned
> > that to use uuedecode one must give the saved file an ".uue"
> > extension. eg. uuedecode somefile.uue To use mime64 one
> > needs to save the file with ".mme" extension eg. somefile.mme
> > I use munpack.exe which I think was suggested by someone on
> > this list. Also I usually don't have to parse out the attachment.
> > Usually I just save my email to a file with an ".uue" or ".mme"
> > extension and then the decoder will parse out the attachment.
> > eg. munpack some-email.mme
>
> Oftentimes you will not need to manually separate the encoded
> attachment from the basic text message, but sometimes this
> step is necessary. From experience I have found this to be true.
>
> Not all programs used for MIME and UU decoding are used with the
> same syntax you have described. There are many different programs
> used for this purpose. There are different versions and there
> are different programmers. Each program has its own syntax
> requirements and command line parameters. For this reason I said
> it is important to read and understand the FAQs, DOCs, or READMEs
> for whatever program you will be using. Sometimes you will not
> have the documentation, but the program might come provided with
> an internal helpfile which can be invoked by using such parameters
> as " /?, -?, ?, /h, -h, h". Simply typing the program name with no
> parameters and then pressing ENTER will often give you a help
> screen. The same often applies also for many other DOS programs,
> especially utility programs.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sam Heywood
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