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From: hallett@hamlet.steinmetz (Jeff A. Hallett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Help with ftp
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Date: 28 Mar 88 17:29:41 GMT
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In article <2678@altura.srcsip.UUCP> lowry@srcsip.UUCP () writes:
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>I've just tried my first ftp from sumex-aim.  I used binary ftp and got a
>Stuffit file onto my vax.  What I'm having problems with is getting the file
>from the vax to my mac.  I've tried all variations on Kermit, but Stuffit
>always rejects the result because of a "bad header".  I've also tried a thing
>called macput that came with Sumacc many years ago.  Again, no luck.  Can
>anybody help?


Yeah.  Often, when you get things from archive, there is a small blurb
put at the start of the file explaining what to do with it.  We have
had problems with Stuffit not skipping this.  While on the VAX, bring
the file up in some editor, strip off everything before the actual
start of the hex (everything except "(This file must be decoded with
BinHex 4.0)" - that is required for BinHex decoding), then download it
to your Mac with Kermit (make sure linefeeds are stripped).

That should work a little better.

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