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Re: Will the real uuencode please stand up?

1994-12-18 22:39:46
Munpack does not recognize *any* nonstandard content transfer
encoding.  If it encounters a c-t-e of "x-uuencode" or the like, it
will issue a warning and treat it as a c-t-e of "8bit".

Munpack will only decode the uuencode format in top-level text
messages which have no name parameter or content-disposition filename
parameter and which have a transfer encoding other than base64 or
quoted-printable.

For maximum interoperability, do not use a nonstandard
content transfer encoding.  Use the ClariNet multipart/alternative
hack and/or include instructions as to how the recipient may obtain
mpack.

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