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  True, some mailers do drop trailing blanks in a line, and this
causes UUDECODE to barf. This does not mean, however, the postings
are "useless". Since UUDECODE requires each line to be of the same
length (specifically, 61) it is trivial to add the trailing
spaces back. Use an editor with a macro, write a simple
(insert your favourite language here:-) program to ensure this
condition is satisfied, or even modify UUDECODE itself.

  Another source of problem is communications packages which, in
an effort to speed up transfers, drop trailing blanks. Kermit does
this by default.

  If you use an IBM mainframe, there's an ARC-like utility
running under CMS which handles UUENCODEd and ARCed files - it's
called ARCUTIL. A similar utility exists for VAXen running VMS -
called VMSSWEEP. Others may exist for different mainframes.

George

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