🚀 go-pugleaf

As a new user of FTP, I have downloaded about 10 files from Sumex. In each case
they have arrived at my computer, in Binhexed format, with several blank lines
and/or doubled lines of Ascii characters. I have used a text editor to delete
the blank lines, and move the second half of the doubled lines down one line.
(I assume that's where they're supposed to go). I also edited out all the '>'
marks which FTP puts at the beginning of each line.  Then, when I try to
convert the file using Binhex4.0, I always get an error message.
It seems to be a different error message each time. I'm obviously doing
something wrong.  Any advice would be appreciated. I haven't had any
difficulties converting files from comp.binaries.
mac.