On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 08:37:10AM -0500, Paul Schinder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> At 8:17 AM -0500 2/16/01, Chris Nandor wrote:
> >
> >True; but that said, wouldn't using AppleDouble strip out the resource
> >data, if I am reading Ask correctly? It seems like AppleDouble is fine for
> >patches etc., but BinHex better for a small binary attachment. Unless we
> >just say to use AppleDouble/MIME for the list, and request that Ask not
> >strip the binary/resource portion for our lists.
>
> No. If I use mutt on one of my Unix machines to read this list's
> mail, I'll see two attachments. One is the resource fork, one is the
> data fork. I know enough not to bother with the resource fork under
> Unix/Linux, but I'll be able to read the data fork quite easily. If
> it's BinHex, I can't do anything with it.
Drifting even further off topic, if you're under Unix and want to deal
with BinHex'd things, you want megatron (no really, that's what it's
called), which includes tools to deal with AppleSingle, MacBinary, and
BinHex'd files (to and from).
Megatron comes with netatalk.
-Rich
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