Re: [WinMac] Cross-platform email

Jeff Thorstad(thorstadj[at]macconnect.com)
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:11:53 -0600

>At 11:33 AM -0500 12/18/98, Blake Lange wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> You're mixing your encodings :(.
>
> The way that MIME works (or more specifically in this case,
>the Mac extensions to MIME) is that the file is first AppleSingle or
>AppleDoubled (the latter is preferred) and THEN Base64 encoded.
>

Do you have some resource you know of that would give details about these
AppleSingle/Double codings? Maybe an Apple TIL or something? Or maybe
someone could just give a bunch of details about this: there have been a
couple short comments above, but I am looking for more.

Jeff T
thorstadj@macconnect.com

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