On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 18:26:34 -0700, Shapard Wolf <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>When I do a GET AAPORNET (NOLOCK, the data in columns 81+ looks like this:
>3AAJQBBgPBd0////
>which is what section 4.5.7 calls an "encoded string."

The format of this string in intentionally not documented.

>See 4.5.5. Format of the OPTIONS column in
>http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8e/developer/developer.html#_Toc10449891

applies only to DBMS-based LISTSERV lists.  This format is not used in
LISTSERV's proprietary flat-file format.