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Tony Duvall

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Sep 10, 1994, 1:23:29 PM9/10/94
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Tony Duvall

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Sep 10, 1994, 2:16:41 PM9/10/94
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I'll try this again. I was wondering if any one knows of a utility
that will decode files on the Macintosh that have been processed thru a
Base64 encoder? I recieve files via MS Mail and if the sender hasn't
UUencoded the file first, I recieve it as a Base64 encoded file. Any
assistance or direction will be appreciated.

thanks,
td

Claes Magnusson

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Sep 12, 1994, 6:34:53 PM9/12/94
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In article <34st69$e...@tequesta.gate.net>
tdu...@gate.net (Tony Duvall) writes:

> I'll try this again. I was wondering if any one knows of a utility
> that will decode files on the Macintosh that have been processed thru a
> Base64 encoder? I recieve files via MS Mail and if the sender hasn't
> UUencoded the file first, I recieve it as a Base64 encoded file. Any
> assistance or direction will be appreciated.

There's an utility app "MPack" that will convert MIME packages to plain
Mac files. I suspect it handles Base64 files as well. You can find it
at most sites, including info-mac.

- Claes

Craig Richmond

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Sep 14, 1994, 10:12:36 PM9/14/94
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In article <34st69$e...@tequesta.gate.net>, tdu...@gate.net (Tony Duvall) wrote:

>I'll try this again. I was wondering if any one knows of a utility
>that will decode files on the Macintosh that have been processed thru a
>Base64 encoder? I recieve files via MS Mail and if the sender hasn't
>UUencoded the file first, I recieve it as a Base64 encoded file. Any
>assistance or direction will be appreciated.

Get a real mail agent :-)

Eudora 1.4.1 or higher and any other MIME compliant mail agent should
decode Base64 encoding. You may even be able to try stuffit expander. If
it doesn't work, you could always mail them and ask them to put it into
expander enhancer.

Craig
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