Re: lynx-dev to uuencode or not to uuencode

[David Combs]

On Sun, May 02, 1999 at 09:38:54AM -0500, kweide wrote:
> David Combs wrote:
> > 
> > What's so bad about uudecode and gzcat?
> 
> Uuencoding is broken by design, in my opinion.  It uses unsafe
> characters.  There are multiple incompatible encoders and decoders.
> A given uudecode may be picky about whether spaces are preserved
> at line ending - just the sort of problem encoding is supposed to
> remove!  I've had far more problems with uuencoded mails than with
> unencoded ones.
> 
> Another point is the convenience of scanning a patch right in the
> mailbox, to get an idea what it's about, without any external
> incantations or special setup.  (Please don't send messages now
> that _your_ mail reader does that automatically, it doesn't apply
> for everyone.)
> 


Please give us some examples of systems that come with
uudecodes that are incompatible with other systems'
uuencodes.

Would help us all!

Thanks!

David