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From: wscott@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Wayne H Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Can you explain tar, compress, uudecode to VMS, PC users?
Message-ID: <1990Nov5.234701.16002@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 5 Nov 90 23:47:01 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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I run a mail server that is used by many different people using
many different computer setups.

The files I send out are usually uuencoded, compressed, and somtimes
tar'ed.  Of course I get lots of mail from users on PC's or running
VMS, etc... asking how to extract the files.

Before I go to the trouble, do anyone have a files explaining how
to extract those formats on different platforms and perhaps
know where to get the software needed?  I would like to send a 
standard file instead of help each person with the same problem.

If I had a uudecode.exe on my server for MS-DOS, how would I mail it
to someone?  I would guess I would have to tell them to go find it
and them I can get them the rest of the tools needed.

Thanks for any help,

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