44. E-Mail Attachments

• Encoding allows any file format to be carried over the Internet, which was intended for ASCII text:

  • Unix-to-Unix Encode UUENCODE

  • Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIME defines structure of a message by defining attachment types and allowing multiple types in a single message.

  • BASE 64 is used with MIME; it converts binary data to a printable character.

  • Quoted-Printable

  • BinHex is commonly used with Macs.

• See Decoding Internet Attachments by M. Santovec.