----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederik Lindberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 08:38:31AM -0000, Petr Novotny wrote:
>
> > On 22 Dec 99, at 5:46, Frederik Lindberg wrote:
> > > They are just the message, but in dos/CRLF format. There are several
ways
> > > to convert them. The easiest if to ftp from the OS/2 box to the unix
box
> > > into the ~Maildir/new/ folder using "ascii" mode.
> >
> > Huh? FTP the easiest? On my PC, the easiest was
> > tr -d "\r" <input >output
> > Putting it into a for... cycle is left to the reader as an excercise.
>
> Exactly this is why ftp is easiest. The files need to be moved anyway,
> and it's not trivial to set up the for loop right the first time,
> especially for someone who might be used to GUI and ne to unix. Anyone can
ftp,
> and almost anyone can type "ascii" before doing it. YMMV.
>
> Fred Lindberg, Inf. Dis., WashU, St. Louis, MO, USA
Heh.. well.. there's also cute things like recode etc etc. Although I would
have to agree: chances are better that people have FTPed something
somewhere.
But how good are the chances that they (newbies) know the difference between
ascii and binary? ;-)
