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From: Joel.Garry@pebble.org (Joel Garry)
Subject: Re: Question about control codes
Date: 1996/10/16
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 "M> From: "J. Melusky" <whatfer@u.washington.edu>

 "M> On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Syed Mohammad Ali Tahir wrote:
> Hello,
> Are there any mail programs out there that don't 
> choke on escape codes and
> control codes when mailing out stuff. My a/c uses 
> sendmail through ELM and
> PINE which freaks out every time a message with escape codes is mailed. 
> Any info would be appreciated. Also if there are 
> programs that work is it
> possible to download them from somewhere.

Unix systems have a program called uuencode, which makes the file have
only 7 bit coding, to be safe over unknown networks.  Look around, I'm
sure I've seen it for PC's in various toolkits.  Or run linux.  The
companion program is, of course, uudecode.