Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 10:04:41 -0400

From: Al Futrell awfutr01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HOMER.LOUISVILLE.EDU

Subject: Re: ADS-ANS deadline September 1



On Fri, 1 Sep 1995, Natalie Maynor wrote:



UUencoding is becoming a standard for long files that won't fit in the

limited space used by email programs.



Uuencode does not compress. There is no reason to use it except for

e-mailing binary files. IT WILL NOT MAKE YOUR FILE SHORTER.

--Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)

Indeed, usually uuencoding makes the file longer!!!





Al Futrell

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Dept of Communication -- University of Louisville