Help: How to send files?

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2 total messages Started by Robert Roxby Mon, 05 Oct 1992 20:38

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Author: Robert Roxby
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 20:38

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I have been trying to send a file that was generated on a
wordprocessor over internet.  I have been able to upload it
as a binary file using kermit and send it to myself (at another
address) and download it as a binary file without problem.
When I try to send it to someone else, it gets messed up.
Can anybody tell me how to do this, or where to read up on it?
Or do I have to buy a Mac?

Re: Help: How to send files?

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Author: Mike Stok
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 14:47

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In article <92279.163820RROXBY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Robert Roxby <RROXBY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes:
>I have been trying to send a file that was generated on a
>wordprocessor over internet.  I have been able to upload it
>as a binary file using kermit and send it to myself (at another
>address) and download it as a binary file without problem.
>When I try to send it to someone else, it gets messed up.
>Can anybody tell me how to do this, or where to read up on it?
>Or do I have to buy a Mac?

You can get a MIME compliant mailer which will handle "attaching"
arbitrary files to a mail message in such a way that the mail system
won't mangle them - you need a MIME compliant mailer at the other end
to retrieve the attachment.  I use Pine, which can be got from
ftp.cac.washington.edu.

Alternatively you can use programs like uuencode/uudecde of atob/btoa
which take (possibly) binary files and turn them into a (relatively)
safe ASCII format (i.e. short lines of printable characters) which can
be sent by mail and reconstituted at the other end.

Mike
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