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From: UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A few more dumb questions....
Message-ID: <90275.153747UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 2 Oct 90 19:37:46 GMT
References: <38482@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
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In article <38482@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, v092mgp5@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Scott
K Wood) says:

>program.  I have seen a lot of talk about UUencoding and stuff.  What
>exactly is this and when do you have to use it?

Once upon a time, long long ago, it was hard to email files that had eight
bit characters in them.  Uuencoded files are eight bit files translated into
seven bit files.  Many newsfeeds still require this, since the news was
originally meant for stuff you can read.