Re: decoding base64

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 BecBauer@aol.com wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I keep getting e-mail through Juno from my boyfriend who is on an aircraft
> carrier.  The last time, I used uuencode.  This time it says base64.  Can you
> tell my why they are coming to me encoded.  Also, is there an easy way for me
> to decode this message.  The uuencode doesn't work.  Maybe it is just me, I
> am not familiar with this stuff.

The Debian package you need is the mpack package found in the mail
section. The programs munpack and mpack, decode and encode base-64 encoded
files. This should do the job for you.

Luck,

Dwarf
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