There is a free hex editor by cyngus.
You can get it here: http://www.softcircuits.com/cygnus/fe/
Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE
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-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On
Behalf Of Schuh, Richard
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:39 PM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: SENDFILE with SMTP
> Yes. Well, maybe. The question is: What is in the file? A
> hex editor on your PC will tell you.
The source file, if I haven't copied it adding strange bytes while
trying to find the secret, is strictly printable EBCDIC, comprised of
the characters a-z (upper and lower case) digits 0-9, blanks, and the
characters "-/." (at least there were no others in my test file).
Is there a hex editor that is included with Office 2003 or with WinXP?
We have zero-tolerance prohibitions against installing unapproved
software, and most everything falls into that category. There are none
that I can find in the approved list.
> My question about "What
> form of SENDFILE did you use?" goes to the heart of the
> issue.
Both SMTP and, as of this morning, MIME.
> Files sent in the plain-text body of the e-mail will
> be subjected to any and all re-encoding required to get it
> past the SMTP "sensor net" looking for SMTP controls. CRLFs
> are the usual victims. By using the MIME options on
> SENDFILE, the file will be encoded in a way that insulates
> the file from such predations.
Looks like I will have to either convert to RECFM F or send it as an
attachment.
Late breaking news - appending x'05' to each record works regardless of
whether SMTP or MIME is specified.
>
> Alan Altmark
> z/VM Development
> IBM Endicott
>
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