lwv27@CAS.BITNET (12/20/90)
Does anyone have an archive or at least an article describing the various mail-proofing techniques ? I know that there is an updated uuencode/decode out there which generates 'safer' files than the std uuencode that comes with most Unixes - has that version been picked up by ATT/Sun, BSD, or OSF for future distribution? Also, I believe there are several programs which attempt to break a largeish file into smaller pieces and then allows the user to put them back together. I was wondering about some of these for the Unix environment. I just recently received several "broken" files from folks and each one had to be hand pasted together, and then I discovered that the file either would not uudecode or after decoding could not be uncompressed/ untar-ed. In one case, an acquaintence and I went round and round trying various techniques for a week or more trying to exchange a couple of text files but getting line truncation, line breaking, character mangling, etc. Surely there is a better way! -- Larry W. Virden UUCP: osu-cis!chemabs!lwv27 Same Mbox: BITNET: lwv27@cas INET: lwv27%cas.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.Edu Personal: 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg,OH 43068-1614 America Online: lvirden