Re: [WinMac] Cross-platform email

Blake Lange(blange[at]fec.gov)
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 11:33:14 -0500

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Liam wrote:
>I've had problems sending Mac programs via email using Base64 encoding,
they come out with the resource forks garbled at the other end, even if
it's being received by Claris Emailer on the same machine!

It is my understanding that Base64 encoding did not retain the resource
fork. In order to retain the resource fork Apple Double is better because
it creates two files, one of the resource fork and one of the data fork
which is equivalent to the Base64 file.

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