Psuucode - Sending and Receiving Files by Email


Russ Spooner, of HTMLEdit98 fame has been filling in any spare time by producing another handy Shareware application, available on his Web site. Called Psuucode, it is a UUencode and UUdecode application for use with the Message Suite, and is also worth a look. I've been trying out v1.02, and found that I can receive files within the body of an email. Unfortunately, the UUencoded data gets reformatted, either by CompuServe's POP3 email server, or by the Message Suite. This trips up Psuucode, but I now copy the data and paste it into a totally empty Program file, and find it looks similar to the one below:

UUencoded File

A UUencoded File With Missing Carriage Returns

The next step is to go through the file, positioning the cursor just before the "M" on the far right of the screen, and pressing "Return" to re-align the lines of characters as in the edited version below:

UUencoded File

The Same File, Manually Edited for Decoding

After tidying, I save it out as a text file, and start the decoding process. So far, I've had no success in decoding directly from emails, but total success in going from edited files. Fortunately, I've not had to do this with anything larger than 17 kb so far!
It isn't crippled in any way, has only minimal nagging, does a good job, and only costs $10 (around £6·25) to register.


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