> > Ferhat: No, gateways have a tendancy to corrupt the binary files - such > files need to be encoded with a special method which reduces the > binary range of these files (so that for example, instead of using ASCII > 0->255, it uses only '0'->'F', like the HEX option).. > > UUENCODE does this, it 'stretches' each 3-byte piece into four, and Thanks for the information but what for? I was talking about gateways that don't send NETDATA files whether the content is text or encoded binary-text which is text again. > and it turns each byte into two hex bytes.. (Encoders for VM are > available from LISTSERV@TREARN, decoders from TRICKLE@TREARN!) > Regards, -turgut Can gateways send NETDATA? If yes, then let's ask them to send in that format? Right? After this, LISTSERV Line Monitor can work less stupid! :-)) I didn't use this word, Eric did! :) Ferhat