On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:24:03 -0400 (EDT), Eric S. Emerson wrote:
> Hi Sam H. et all,
> Good explanation Sam. I was waiting to
> see how someone would explain this. You might have mentioned
> that to use uuedecode one must give the saved file an ".uue"
> extension. eg. uuedecode somefile.uue To use mime64 one
> needs to save the file with ".mme" extension eg. somefile.mme
> I use munpack.exe which I think was suggested by someone on
> this list. Also I usually don't have to parse out the attachment.
> Usually I just save my email to a file with an ".uue" or ".mme"
> extension and then the decoder will parse out the attachment.
> eg. munpack some-email.mme
Oftentimes you will not need to manually separate the encoded
attachment from the basic text message, but sometimes this
step is necessary. From experience I have found this to be true.
Not all programs used for MIME and UU decoding are used with the
same syntax you have described. There are many different programs
used for this purpose. There are different versions and there
are different programmers. Each program has its own syntax
requirements and command line parameters. For this reason I said
it is important to read and understand the FAQs, DOCs, or READMEs
for whatever program you will be using. Sometimes you will not
have the documentation, but the program might come provided with
an internal helpfile which can be invoked by using such parameters
as " /?, -?, ?, /h, -h, h". Simply typing the program name with no
parameters and then pressing ENTER will often give you a help
screen. The same often applies also for many other DOS programs,
especially utility programs.
Regards,
Sam Heywood
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