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- From: mrhoten@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Matthew Rhoten)
- Subject: Re: Why does BinHex exist?
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- Organization: CS Department, Stanford University, California, USA
- References: <1993Jan7.132930.4247@kth.se> <C0HoM3.5G5@news.rich.bnr.ca> <1ii16eINN4d0@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1993Jan7.210159.26183@netcom.com>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 22:00:36 GMT
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- howard@netcom.com (Howard Berkey) writes:
-
- >C. Doesn't seem to do anything
- >
- >I claim C because I have had many mac files stored on a UNIX file
- >system for long periods of time, in MacBinary II, with no ill effects.
-
- >It just occured to me that it may be neccary for uucp or bulkmail
- >[...]
-
- Binhex, like uuencode, has a primary function of making files suitable
- for passage through anal-retentive mailers that like none of: long
- lines, binary characters, huge files.
-
- Try mailing a MacBinary II file cross-country and I think you'll see
- what I mean.
-
- -matt
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