Subject: Q: BinHex - whato do with it

From: [email-masked] (Joshua Richmond)
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 95 19:59:51 GMT

I just received two messages that have multiple attatchments.  The one
 attachment is always in a 'BinHex' format.  Could anyone tell me how to
 convert these attachments into legible files? 

Thank you very much
Josh

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 09:12:41 +0100 (BST)

"BinHex" is a binary-to-text encoding for Apple Macintosh files.  So your 
easiest route is to save the attachment to a file, take it to an Apple 
Macintosh and feed it to an unpacking program such as "StuffIt Expander".

There are also deBinHexers available for DOS and UNIX, but you may well 
find that the deBinHex'd file is a compressed archive (eg, a StuffIt 
archive) that needs further processing.  StuffIt Expander will do it all.

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From: Joshua Richmond <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 09:06:33 -0400 (EDT)

> Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>

Thank you very much for the information.  I'll see if I can find a Mac, 
or a Unix 'deBinHex'er.

Josh

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