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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