home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
- Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!CUNIXB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU!PJB3
- Message-ID: <CMM.0.90.0.715260517.pjb3@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 07:28:37 EDT
- Sender: Nota Bene List <NOTABENE@TAUNIVM>
- From: "Paul J. Bodin" <pjb3@CUNIXB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
- Subject: Re: UUE vs. XXE
- Comments: To: Nota Bene List <NOTABENE%TAUNIVM.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.notabene
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 30 Aug 92 20:44:00 CST
- Lines: 30
-
- >
- > J. P. EARLS writes:
- >
- > > UUE usually works well with my system (VAX). I have tried XXE decoding a
- > > number of times, and gave it a further try after the hearty recommendation
- it
- > > received on the list lately. Always the same result: Nothing to Decode and
- > > the number of the last line. Any suggestions about what I could be (not)
- > doing?
- >
- > Paul Bodin replies:
- >
- > You can only XX-decode what has already been XX-encoded.
- > Complementary protocols most be used at either end.
- >
- > And I add:
- >
- > These files were ordered F=XXE from TAUNIVM. Anything equally as simple
- > that I could be missing?
- > J. P. EARLS / ST.JOHN'S UNIV. / COLLEGEVILLE, MN
-
- Your decoding program may not be up to it. I use UUdecode, by Richard
- Marks, which handles either UUE or XXE files with equal aplomb. It is
- available at various archive sites as UUEXE502.ZIP (or perhaps a still
- more recent version by now).
-
- ___________________________________________________________________________
- Paul J. Bodin Internet: pjb3@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
- Union Theological Seminary smail: 435-52nd Street
- (718) 439-3549 Brooklyn, NY 11220
-