Re: $10 FOR THE ANSWER TO THIS QUERY

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From: Nick Andrew
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 23:07

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RROXBY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Robert Roxby) writes:

> I want to know how to send any file, **ANY FILE**, whether it contains
> non-ascii characters or is in binary code or whatever, to anyone that I
> can send email to.  The problem with uuencoding is that the recipient
> may not have the decoding program.

Simple. You send the source to uuencode along with the file in your E-mail.
Then if the person does not have uuencode, they merely compile it and
run it against your file. Better send a BASIC version as well in case they're
using a TRS-80 :-)

Nick.
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From: nick@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Nick Andrew)
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Subject: Re: $10 FOR THE ANSWER TO THIS QUERY
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Date: 29 Oct 92 23:07:03 GMT
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