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  • From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
  • To: lforrestster AT gmail.com, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] base64 (MIME) encoder/decoder
  • Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:37:11 +0000 (UTC)

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Lee Forrest wrote:

On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 04:45:18PM -0800, Lee Forrest wrote:
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 06:32:40PM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:

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So do you need my help for this project?

Yes. I told you I don't do attachments and have no experience
there and am not interested in learning how.

If zip and jpg and wordprocessor and pdf attachments have similar looking lines in them before the base64 part, would it be enough to send you an email with one generic small binary attachment as a sample?

Sending big, non-text files via email is one of the things that
has served to wreck the email system. It makes it easy for
spammers and virus-spreaders and spyware-spreaders and the like.
And eats up bandwidth and clogs routers/gateways.

Do you have a better idea for sending scanned copy, or photos? I always remind people to scan at 300dpi, black and white not photo, and ask for gif not bmp, etc. And write people back when they send me 7MB photos straight from the camera promising to view them some day at the library.

Originally, you sent _letters_, text, by email, and other
things were sent by FTP, kermit, uucico and the like.

That's how I think it should be done. I don't like being
a part of the abuse of the email system.

Because of this abuse, it has been rendered almost useless.
Most people don't even bother anymore.

Spam is the big problem, not attachments.
Lee

Sindi




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