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- Subject: Re: problem with mac mail to a unix box
- Message-ID: <9212150118276493@waltham.columbus.oh.us>
- From: scasterg@waltham.columbus.oh.us
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 01:18:27 -0500
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- > hi,
- >
- > At work I routinely get email (in MSword format) from people who use
- > Macs. Unfortunately, I have a Unix workstation and the mail comes
- > through unreadable.
- >
- > The mail I get seems to be a variation of uuencode (a unix utility),
- > so I tried uuDECODE which does get me about half way towards a solution.
- >
- > Has anyone encountered this, and do you have a solution?
-
- I don't know why they would be sending you binhexed files, but that is
- what it sounds like. Binhex is a cousin of uuen(de)code. Performs exactly
- the same function. There is a unix version available for anonymous
- ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu called mcvert in the /info-mac/unix
- directory.
-
- Some slim chance that the files are in Apple Single or Apple Double formats,
- but I can't help you there, I don't know anything about them.
-
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