mime64b.zip - MIME base64 encoder/decoder (with source)

[Karl Hahn]

I have uploaded to SimTel, the Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm),
(available by anonymous ftp from the primary mirror site OAK.Oakland.Edu
and its mirrors):

ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/decode/mime64b.zip

SimTel/msdos/decode/
mime64b.zip MIME base64 encoder/decoder (with source)

MIME base64 is an encoding described in RFC1341. Its purpose is to
encode binary files into ASCII so that they may be passed through
e-mail gates. In this regard, MIME64 is similar to UUENCODE.
Although most binaries these days are transmitted using UUENCODE, I
have seen a few using MIME64, and I have had requests from friends
that I decode MIME64 files that have fallen into their hands. As
long as some MIME64 continues to exist, a package such as this one
is useful to have.

mime64b.zip fixes the following problems that existed in mime64a.zip:
a) filenames contained in quotes are no longer rejected. b) prevents
loss of input file when filename field matches name of input file.
c) Certain legal encodings of the "Contents-type" line are no longer
parsed incorrectly.

This package contains both executable and ANSI-C source code for a
MIME64 encoder/decoder (MIME64.EXE and MIME64.C respecively). It also
contains a README file and a MIME64 encoded file called MIME.64 to
use as a sample input.

This package is FreeWare. As author, I claim no copyright priviledges.

mime64b.zip has replaced mime64a.zip.

Uploaded by the author.

Karl Hahn
ha...@lds.loral.com