>> I've been wondering this for awhile, b/c it's impossible for me to email >> my self my code (via a script or something) AS the message. It causes >> problems on my system at home. > >It's not wise to send binaries via email. The 8th bit is not always >supported by different SMTP servers, which means some email from Europe can >get pretty munged by the time it arrives here. well, i'm sending them to myself, from a server about 1 state away from me. besides, if it gets munged up that's no problem for me, i'm not worried. > >> I'm just wondering if it's possible. > >Depends on the mail client. Almost every mail client nowadays offers some >sort of MIME support, and there is always the tried and true uuencode, it's >not exactly an attachment, but it makes your binaries safe for email. FINALLY!!! Someone that DIDN'T tell me to go INTO pine and look for the Attachment: section (I'm not a moron or a newbie, people, I just have trouble with wording my questions right). Anyway, when I send a 500 k file, my mail client (Eudora Pro 3) chops it into like 4 different files (or used to, i'm not sure now) but even if it doesn't, how would I go about uudecoding it through Eudora? Again, I appreciate the help d. Code On Akuma the Raging Coder +------------------------------------------------------------+ | "The poets talk about love, but what I talk about is DOOM, | | because in the end, DOOM is all that counts." - | | Alex Machine/George Stark/Stephen King, The Dark Half | | "Nothing is IMPOSSIBLE, Just IMPROBABLE" | | "Easier Said Than Done, But Better Done Than Said..." | +------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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