Subject: Attachments problem

From: Nuno Teixeira <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 00:32:11 +0100 (WEST)

Hello,

I use Pine for a long time and I have no problems with attached files
based on MIME types. Today I received a message with an attached file (I
presume) and it looks like:

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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:45:24 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Subject: ctm-mail ports-cur.3738.gz 1/1

CTM_MAIL BEGIN ports-cur.3738.gz 1 1
...
l8/2VvB9zqxSt96OICMHRB9IWX1JV/urOHKj3Gywp4zs2GYk6xCjV9Gj8EgGvoJnVz5ir0UUSyQP
J0xA9vPYWzkkg7WQkoHdeEZC0K6S63NDGOkWJ8oGa+q4JtixCYzWoNgmkUICPcoJm0tk7/kmPLeU
9m9DPa5n87SzlkYwAgnuFAg3qMu5+fMXL43VqOTE5ooEb5xE1fI5qZKhKQxmLoUn2kUdKsRnb2Ce
dqMJiXiwp9QBY6V7/+CQhTZ3xhU55+j45AKvAVJlhg0/j93GxKv1byXXttuvz08/DBC31kVpBjXc
He9+Vn8FeXfT2HD1eeXwflOkxnSBV5ptrVp3UdfjryP4ntx/adyFHpjsPk71XnlCkJCQH7kHL8nE
R2NdYEJGJ02VI8iopE4moN5Q5CalSE6OCdQX1FPcyj63gs+41KzmA6qK9ITVBObnta8n7naznrxk
wPKol4OTt5VgWhCJ1B9JEMZRiwRrAFHU2ASlRNv/A5ufsaKE9AAA
CTM_MAIL END 59353

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How do I save the attached file?

Thanks in advance,

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Nuno Teixeira
Dir. Técnico
pt-quorum.com

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From: "Ed Greshko" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 07:50:27 +0800

Good day,

> presume) and it looks like:

The file is "uuencoded".  

Save the file as a text file.  Ensure that the first line is

and the last line is

CTM_MAIL END 59353

If you are using a Unix system, use "uudecode" to decode the file.

If you are using WinXX then "WinZip" is a good choice.

Ed

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From: Nuno Teixeira <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 21:15:30 +0100 (WEST)

Hi,

Ok. Now I understand it and I can access the attached file. Anyway if the
attachment were on MIME, then Pine should see attached file, isn't it?

Other question: generaly when we sent a message with a binary attach the
file is enconded in Base64 or something like it. Does the
Uuencode/Uudecode and Base64 the same?

Thanks in advance,

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Nuno Teixeira
Dir. Técnico
pt-quorum.com

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From: "Ed Greshko" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 06:09:16 +0800

Hello,

> attachment were on MIME, then Pine should see attached file, isn't it?

Yes, that's right.

> Uuencode/Uudecode and Base64 the same?

They are similar, but not the same.  As a matter of fact, there is more than one version of uuencoding.  This was one of the reasons
that it wasn't chosen as an encoding method when MIME was developed.  That is, uuencode doesn't have a "standard" while Base64 does.

Regards,

Ed

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Edward M. Greshko                  Technical Manager
                                   Syntegra Asia Region

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From: Nuno Teixeira <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 00:30:52 +0100 (WEST)

Hi,

Thanks for your great help.

I have downloaded the RCFs related to MIME to learn more about it.

Bye,

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Nuno Teixeira
Dir. Técnico
pt-quorum.com