Subject: UUENCODING/UUDECODING

Just found this interesting tid-bit of information in and
amoungst the Chameleon documentation.  There have been some
questions on this lately.

uuencoding and uudecoding messages


Uuencode and uudecode allow the mail user to convert binary 
files from and into ASCII format. Choose the uuencode option 
to uuencode a binary file before you send it out and the 
uudecode option to uudecode a message you have received 
into a specified file on your machine.

Note: A mail message can have both a file attached to it and a 
uuencoded file included in its body.

To uuencode a file, do the following:


1.   Create a new mail message.

2.   Select the uuencode... option from the Message Menu.

3.   Select or enter the file that you want to uuencode and 
choose the OK button.  The file will display in ASCII form 
in the body of your mail message.

4.   Fill out both the To: and Subject: fields and send your 
message.


To uudecode a file mailed to you, do the following:


1.   Select the message you want to uudecode.

2.   Choose the View button to display the message.

3.   Select the uudecode... option from the View menu.

4.   Select or enter the file that you want the uudecoded 
message to be saved into. Then, choose the OK button.  
The file is now converted into its original binary format.


Note: When uuencoding a file, only the first 50KB will be 
uuencoded in the body of your message. There is no limitation 
to the size of the file to be uudecoded.








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