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Uu-encoding

A solution that requires neither attachments nor lots of space on the recipient's mail account does exist -- and it is probably as old as the Net.

The "uu" in uu-encoding means Unix to Unix. A binary file is converted to a file containing plain ASCII text only. This makes it possible to send it almost anywhere and most certainly using email. While encodings and 8-bit data in email can make problems, 7-bit ASCII text hardly ever will.

On Unix using uu-encoding is easy. A program called "uuencode" will encode a specified file. Using "split", the resulting text file can be split into small pieces.

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