Anyone recognise this format?

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From: Terry Belton
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 00:00

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In article <863421299snz@dsl.co.uk>,  wrote:
 >>
 >>  HB> A good e-mail program should have automaticaly recognised
 >>  HB> it, so perhaps its time for him to look for one!
 >>
 >> For Dos?

 BK> Why not?

Everyone assumes you need WindoZe...

 BK>  PCElm recognizes MIME and decodes Base64 attachments without
 BK> any trouble: I thought you used to use KA9Q/Snews/PCElm, so would
 BK> have expected you to remember this.

No, I gate (with official permission from Demon) all mail to my BBS and use
FidoNet technology to read and post mail.

 BK> OTOH, SNews *doesn't* handle MIME, nor automatic decoding of
 BK> attachments. This, IMHO, is as things should be, because one of the Ms
 BK> in MIME stand for "mail", and MIME doesn't belong in news articles
 BK> (no, not even to handle the vexed question of pound-sterling-signs,
 BK> etc).

I have a robot to automatically uudecode mail if sent to uudecode@...

 BK> (Aha; just looked back at the headers: you're *not* the usual Tez
 BK> who's contributed to this group in the past; hence your confusion, no
 BK> doubt.)

I'll let you off then.

Regards,
___
 |ez.
--
Terry Belton, Sunny Brighton, UK.    Email: tez@bstopbtn.demon.co.uk

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From: Terry Belton <tez@bstopbtn.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Anyone recognise this format?
Date: 1997/05/13
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