CompuServe Thread

#Telecomm Help

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#42657From: Chip FrazierSep 17, 1994 9:53 PM
need software that does two things: uses a graphic interface and can save files in Unix format. Currently, I'm using JRComm. With it, I'm trying to attach ASCII files to Internet messages. Unfortunately, when the files are received t they are in machine code. Tech rep advises that Internet is translating the attachments into Unix files for transmission. To avoid the problem I need to creat and send the files in a compatible form.
#42663From: Jeff SchweigerSep 18, 1994 9:21 AM
Chip – Are you trying to send Internet email from CompuServe or via another host system? If it is CompuServe and you are using AmigaDos 2.04 or higher and have a harddrive, AutoPilot would give you both the graphic user interface and an easier way to send Internet email. Internet does not translate ASCII files "into Unix files for transmission". ASCII (7-bit) is the format used for Internet email. Some email systems will translate binary documents (including word processing document files) into "UUENCODED" files (ASCII representation of a binary file) to allow transmission. Jeff Schweiger