On Fri, 01 Sep 2000 20:35:29 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:58:07 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
> <snip>
>> Arache simply does not contain any specific exe or com files which
>> indicate by name that they would encode/decode using Base64[MIME]. But
>> it gets done nonetheless without any need for bringing in outside files.
> Correct again L.D.
> Base64[MIME] encoding and decoding are both done "internally" by core.exe
> (Arachne's "core" program) ;-)
> Base64.C is a HUGE src file.... 628 bytes. ;-)
In the case of the PKZIP zip file that Ron sent to me, QS.ZIP, my Arachne
apparently did not know how to decode it. There was no way I could
manually call the decoding routine within CORE. To decode it I had to
resort to a third party's program.
IMHO, it would be nice if CORE were provided with some command line
parameters so as to enable the user to use the program a a decoder.
Another way the problem could be handled would be for Michael to remove
the decoding routines from CORE and have CORE programmed to call external
programs for performing the decoding of attachments. This would result in
a smaller CORE and thus conserve memory.
Regards,
Sam Heywood
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