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Tony Cook wrote:
> 
> Paul Wyborn (cs308340@student.uq.edu.au) wrote:
> : Would anybody know how I can read an 'octet-stream' attachment that
...
asking about application/octet-stream
...
> 
> The 'application/octet-stream' type simply means the mailer didn't
> recognize the format of the data.
> 
> If you know what the data really is, export it and use a viewer for
> it.

In fact this is an encoding method similar to uuencode which is part
of the mime standard.  Any mime enabled mail reader (eg mh or some
others using the metamail package) should be able to decode it. 

for clues look for the metamail package.

-- 
Steve Cassidy