On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 19:02:57 +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I sometimes get email with docs attached in base64 - presumably some > Windows format?
No. Email isn't guaranteed to be 8-bit clean in general; thus, binaries need to be encoded to ensure they don't get mangled. Base64 is one of the encodings used in MIME (Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions). > Is there any way to read this in linux? Most email clients (for example mutt, elm-me+) support it. If you want to process it manually, get a tool like metamail or mpack. HTH, Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
