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A technique for encoding binary files
and messages into a form that can be sent via e-mail. Because
most e-mail systems cannot handle 8-bit binary files reliably,
attachments must be converted into 7-bite text-only form before sending.
Many e-mail programs include uuencode (uue) capabilities for doing
just this. Like so many pieces of internet-related software, uue
began life as a unix program but has spread rapidly to all the other
major operating systems. Some general-purpose compression
utilities such as Winzip can decode uue files. |
