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Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 02:12:54 -0600 (CST)
From: Brad Shue <jshue@comp.uark.edu>
On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, James Mclean wrote:
Prof. John P. Ertel says:
What's wrong with BinHex (with or without initial compaction)?Correct me if I'm wrong (because I'd certainly like to know if I am), but I
think that BinHex is just a way to convert binary files to ASCII so that
they can be sent through e-mail. You still need to choose what format the
binary original will be in. Not to mention that I think BinHex is mostly a
MacIntosh thing.
James,
As far as I can tell, binhex is not compression. It is simply a
leftover from the bitnet era when mailers could not handle binary files as
attachments. It does just as you say, converts binary files to ASCII.
Thsi is not necessary anymore unless you use an archaic mailer.
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