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Article #590Re: bugs in /bin/mail - not this time
From: Kenneth Ng
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1986 02:57
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1986 02:57
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In article <755@mtune.UUCP>, jhc@mtune.UUCP (Jonathan Clark) writes:
> In article <3000002@cdp> scott@cdp.UUCP writes:
> >How can you send binaries in mail.
>
> You can't. That's why uucp(1) and uuto(1) were invented. Encoding is
> cheating.
>
As long as all the sites on the path are Unix machines you are probably
ok. But if it should encounter other machines on the way I wouldn't
trust uucp or uuto at all. The worst case is if "smart" mailer routes
it over bitnet for speed purposes. I seriously doubt if there will
be ANYTHING usable after it goes to bitnet and back.
--
Kenneth Ng: Post office: NJIT - CCCC, Newark New Jersey 07102
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!rutgers!andromeda!argus!ken From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: net.bugs Subject: Re: bugs in /bin/mail - not this time Message-ID: <534@argus.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Oct-86 22:57:58 EDT Article-I.D.: argus.534 Posted: Sat Oct 18 22:57:58 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Oct-86 21:05:44 EDT References: <1185@hoptoad.uucp> <3000002@cdp> <755@mtune.UUCP> Organization: NJ Inst of Tech., Newark NJ Lines: 24