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Article #5784Re: Anyone recognise this format?
From: Robert Mortimer
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 00:00
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In demon.ip.support.pc Harry Broomhall <haeb@demon.net> wrote:
: Terry Belton wrote:
: > In article <33730F14.59E2@demon.net>, wrote:
: > HB> A good e-mail program should have automaticaly recognised it, so
: > HB> perhaps its time for him to look for one!
: > For Dos?
: Hm - I must have missed that bit in the original query.
: In general, as MIME handles many sorts of files, DOS readers have
: a hard time dealing with the results. I have seen various attempts,
: but most of them are pretty kludgy.
Have you tried metamail, the latest version of which has been ported
to dos, by the authoer. Setting up the mailcap and so forth can be a
pain, but an example mailcap and instructions come with pcelm in the
DIS distribution.
--
RobertM
Demon Internet Ltd
"Trust the computer the computer is your fiend"
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