You might be best off using UUENCODE format. This is recognised by most PC mailers automatically and decoded, and is a 100% text format. (Used by the binary newsgroups). the format is begin xxxx filename.xxx <data lines> end in the message. UUencoding has the advantage that it doesn't need any special headers. hope that helps, James (listowner FRIENDS at Dartmouth) -- ______________________________________________________________________ James Chamier, Application Developer, IBM UK Ltd [log in to unmask] - IBMMAIL(GBDSLJCH) - Tel 01932 745072 Any views or opinions are mine and do not represent those of IBM >---------- >From: Nicolas.GRANER[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: 03 July 1997 15:19 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: binaries in the filelist > >I would like to put some PC software on my list archive that can be >useful to my subscribers. The problem is that it must be encoded as >text. I already have some Macintosh software in BinHex format, but I'm >not aware of a similar "standard" encoding in the PC world. My >questions are: > >1) [not listserv related] is there a way to encode a binary file as >text such that most or all PC users can decode it? > >2) if not, how can I PUT binary file in a way that listserv will >process correctly? > >3) what instructions should I give to my subscribers to retrieve said >file? > >I suppose using a base64 MIME attachment is not an option; even if I >put a base64 file in the archive, when it is retrieved listserv will >not add the required headers and separators that would enable a >MIME-aware MUA to decode it. Is this correct? > >Nicolas >