Time: Wed Nov 13 21:12:20 1996 To: minutemn@pcl.net (Mike Kemp) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: experiment to isolate correct encoding Cc: Bcc: attaching JURYCHAL.ZIP in MIME encoding. decompress this file with PKUNZIP, in a new directory named C:\JURYCHAL.DIR /s/ Paul Mitchell At 09:39 PM 11/13/96 -0800, you wrote: >Paul: > The binhex40 won't run. I have a copy (in DOS dir, don't know how >it got there) of pkunzip which responds properly to the /? query. OK, this is an important clue. If you >want to experiment, I'm game. This computer is acting real squirrely >tonight, though, I have to tell you. I never know when it is my old >clunker or the server. > I am more Dos literate than windows, and am mainly out of >practice other than with direct applicationof the programs which I use. >I'm rusty. > I'm having trouble staying on line, so if you forward it to me, >give me a while, perhaps till tomorrow morning, since this thing gets >where I can't log on at ight, somnetimes. Like I said, binhex doesn't >work, just try the other two. If I'm not mistaken, "mime" worked last >time. I am running Netscape mail, from Navigator 2.01, I think. > >Mike > > >Paul Andrew Mitchell wrote: >> >> Mike, >> >> There is a chronic problem with email >> software: they do not automatically >> detect the encoding method, unless >> both programs (sender and receiver) >> and the same. Thus, if you were using >> Eudora Pro, as I do, then Eudora would >> detect the encoding automatically. >> >> If you do not have a program which can >> detect the encoding I use by default, >> then it may not be able to decode at >> your end. I have the following three >> choices: >> >> 1. BinHex (my present default) >> 2. MIME >> 3. Uuencode >> >> I can re-send everything in both >> MIME and Uuencode. But, before I >> waste my time on trial-and-error, >> you need to agree to do an experiment >> with me. I can send you three small >> test files which are identical, >> except for the encoding which I have >> used at my end. The test file will >> be PKUNZIP.EXE, uncompressed. When >> you get this file, test it by doing >> the following at the DOS prompt, after >> changing to the directory where this >> attachment was written by your computer: >> >> pkunzip /? >> >> So, if your email software writes attachments >> in C:\TEMP, then do this: >> >> C:\MYDIR> cd \ >> C:> cd temp >> C:\TEMP> pkunzip /? >> >> This will produce user documentation >> on the screen, without reading any >> files, if it is working. If it is >> not working, you will know immediately. >> >> Let me know when you are ready to do >> this experiment. >> >> /s/ Paul Mitchell > >
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