Outstanding, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much!
-------------------------- David Olbersen iGuard Engineer 11415 West Bernardo Court San Diego, CA 92127 1-858-676-2277 x2152 > -----Original Message----- > From: R. Joseph Newton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:13 PM > To: David Olbersen > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Slightly OT > > > David Olbersen wrote: > > > I'm writing a script that will be (among other things) > decoding email attachments using MIME::Decoder. > > > > I plan on limiting the maximum attachment size to some limit. > > > > Does anybody know where I can find the size differences > between the encoded and decoded file? > > > > That is to say, does the base64 encoded version of a 1k > file still take up 1k? > > Hi David, > > The data ratio is 4:3, since base-64 uses 4 bytes to code > three bytes of data. > > HTH > > Joseph > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]