Internet Encoding for Attachments
Sender
Encoded
File in
7-bit
ASCII
Original
File in
8-bit
ASCII
Encoding
Receiver
Original
File in
8-bit
ASCII
Encoded
File in
7-bit
ASCII
Decoding
Internet
Sender must encode
outgoing file into
7-bit ASCII standard.
Called Internet encoding
Several standards exist:
Binhex, UUencode, MIME
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