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From: david@uwvax.UUCP (David Parter)
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Subject: Re: 3b2 has no uuencode/uudecode??
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 11:34:49 EDT
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> We have almost 200 Unix machines and non of them have uuencode or
> uudecode. Are we missing out on something?

as the original poster, i will followup.  The purpose of 
uuencode/uudecode is to encode/decode binary files for transmission
via (uucp) mail.  All of our 4.2 vaxen have it, as well as our 
Pyramid.  Our local postmaster says it is vital for sending the
above mentioned binaries.

david
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david parter
UWisc Systems Lab

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