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Subj : Netmail bot?
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Peter Knapper
Date : Sun Aug 08 2004 03:37 pm

Hi Sean,

 PK> In ALL cases, YOU must ensure the target system, is expecting the file
 PK> so they can handle it appropriately when it arrives, AND also note
 PK> that fiels sent as attachments to messages are rarely able to pass
 PK> through systems without some specific setup, 
 PK> because inbound path info
 PK> is stripped from the message at the source system and only the
 PK> filename is passed between systems.

 SD> Maybe I should just UUencode the file I want to send 
 SD> (like MICRONET.ZIP) and put it in the message as part 
 SD> of the text? That would get around the routing 
 SD> problems and I could use NetMgr to do it for me.  Or is 
 SD> sending UUencoded stuff a no-no via netmail?

UUencode is not likely to work either, because Fidonet messages are NOT plain 
text, they are a LIMITED subset with some specific control characters used. 
Also, the total length of the message needs to be considered, some systems 
limit messages to only 8KB.

What exactly is it you are trying to do, just shift a file between two Fidonet 
nodes?

Cheers........pk.


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