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Re: How to mail a file?



On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 05:45:11PM +0100, homega@vlc.servicom.es wrote:

 : The below responses to my initial question just left me with a few doubts:
 : 
 : - How would I gzip and/or tar the file?  Would this process take place
 : before encoding?  (OTH tar'ing would be a way of sending several files at
 : once).

Yes. And remember, tar/gzip makes binaries of them.

 : - should graphics files be treated as binaries, as far as
 : uuencoding/mimencoding is concerned?

Yes. But .ps files, which may contain graphics, are not necessarily binary
files.



bye,
 -Remco


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