edlee@chinet.UUCP (Edward Lee) (07/03/88)
In article <3166@crash.cts.com> guhsd000@crash.CTS.COM (Paula Ferris) writes: > Does anyone know if you can send ARC and ARC/COMP (Archived-Compressed) files through mail and net? Yes, you can send and receive any types of files through mail via the net. You need UUENCODE and UUDECODE on your computer or on your host system. UUENCODE will take input files and translate them into displayable ASCII. The resultant file must be chopped up into 1000-line chunks or so for sending as mail. If you do not have UUENCODE for your computer but your host system does, you will have to upload each of your ARC files with Xmodem or another similar protocol. You can ask the sysadm for the programs that handle error-free(ish) file transfers. If you do have UUENCODE for your computer, then all you may need to do is upload your UUENCODED files to your host system as ASCII through a line editor like ED or some other program before transferring the files through mail. -Ed L