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Date:      Sun, 7 Mar 1999 23:09:02 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        alk@pobox.com
Cc:        nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: base64
Message-ID:  <199903080609.XAA28680@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <14051.26618.409741.264371@avalon.east>
References:  <14048.10089.598598.919239@avalon.east> <36E07AEC.101F3467@newsguy.com> <14048.48864.918087.631128@avalon.east> <19990306095927.B53145@kudra.com> <14049.29637.311448.247778@avalon.east> <199903080209.TAA28284@mt.sri.com> <14051.24548.250885.992678@avalon.east> <199903080600.XAA28637@mt.sri.com> <14051.26618.409741.264371@avalon.east>

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> : > : Finally, there is *NO* way to distribute a standard MIME client that
> : > : will not add bloat. 
> : > 
> : > mpack/munpack.
> : 
> : How can they be integrated with bin/mail, which is the standard unix
> : mail reader?
> 
> Similarly to uuencode/uudecode: ~|command

Ahh, but that doesn't work well if you have multiple attachments (been
there, done that).  My old email client (not /bin/mail) did not handle
attachments, and I struggled along with the MIME stuff from Bell labs,
and they finally gave up and installed a MIME capable reader.

However, I rarely have use for them anymore on FreeBSD, since the only
non-text files ever sent around are Word documents (with the appropriate
version of the Word Virus sprinkled in).  Since I don't have word, I
have very little use for the attachments. :)


Nate



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