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Brian McClure

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Nov 18, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/18/96
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Hi.
Can anyone shed some light on how to decode a .txt file that has been
included in the body of an email message (not as an attachment to the
message)? The message itself begins with:

begin 644 zipcat.txt
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@($EO;65G82!496-H;FEC86P@4W5P<&]R=`T*
M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@($%U=&]M871E9"!%;6%I;"!297-P;VYS92!3>7-T
...etc.

end

How the heck to you decode THIS?! I've tried loading it with Netscape
3.0, as well as the Eudora Lite that I originally got the message with,
but this is what it looks like regardless of what I've tried.

Can anyone help?

TIA,
Brian.

Nick Spalding

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Nov 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/19/96
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.Brian McClure <bmcc...@mts.net> wrote:

> Hi.
> Can anyone shed some light on how to decode a .txt file that has been
> included in the body of an email message (not as an attachment to the
> message)? The message itself begins with:
>

That is UUencoded which eudora doesn't understand. Save the message
as filename.uue and get a stand alone decoder such as Wincode. Get it
from www.global2000.net, Tucows has it also.
--
Nick Spalding

Ann

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Nov 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/22/96
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Brian McClure <bmcc...@mts.net> wrote:

>Hi.
> Can anyone shed some light on how to decode a .txt file that has been
>included in the body of an email message (not as an attachment to the
>message)? The message itself begins with:
>

I got the same error message, but clicked OK, and Wordpad fired up (I
have that associated with .txt files). All this file says is
<<Iomega Technical Support
Automated Email Response Syst>>

I don't know why Agent gives the error message, then fires up the
appropriate helper app.

Ann
ann...@thecia.net
To avoid junk e-mail, my address is
incorrect in the from box. Remove
the 9 to correct it. Thank you!

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