MAILDEC - Mail decoder for binary-encoded files

version 2.0

by Simone Chemelli <genius@dei.unipd.it>
    a member of Pluto ( A Linux-Organization )
 
   Author WWW : http://www.dei.unipd.it/~genius
   Pluto EMail: linux@chiara.dei.unipd.it
   Pluto WWW:   http://www.dei.unipd.it/it/linux/pluto

Maildec is a quite little program that performs a convertion from several 
coding methods ( UU, XX, Base64, BinHex ) to nornal 8Bits files.
It also extract Sun attachments.
There are several other programs that do that you can say, and in a way you
are right. the porpouse of my program is to perform that faster, better and
on top of all EASIER :)
You have only to type :
	
	maildec < file_name

and it would take care of everything. More information in the man page :)
It works in every UN*X system !


INSTALLATION

To install maildec you have to do the following:

1 - Unpack the tar.gz archive.
    If you have already done that, skip to point 2.
    Enter:

    gunzip maildec-2.0.tar.gz
    tar xvf maildec-2.0.tar

    This will create a directory named maildec-2.0 with the souce of the 
    program. Enter the directory by typing:

    cd maildec-2.0

2 - Compile the program.
    To do that just type:

    make [ CPU=-mXXXXXX ]

    Take a look at Makefile in order to modify as your needs: you can easily
    set PREFIX directory, compiler and options for linking.If you want to
    optimize for your hardware the program you can tell Make witch processor you
    have using CPU=-mXXXXXXX, where XXXXXX is the supported name of the processor 
    ( 486, supersparc, etc.etc.).

3 - Install the package onto your system.
    just type:

    make install

4 - Type 'maildec -h' to see what it can do, or type 'man maildec' to see the man
    page for more information.


IMPORTANT NOTICES


CODE:

I took the BinHex decode routine from <moriarty@tc.fluke.com>
	   Base64 decode routine from Jorgen Hagg <jh@efd.lth.se>.
	   XX     decode routine from Berkeley.
	   UU     decode routine from Berkeley.


LICENSE:

THIS PROGRAM IS FREE AND CAN BE USED, COPIED AND DISTRIBUTED FREELY, AS LONG
AS ALL FILES ARE PRESENT, THIS README AND THE MANPAGES ARE UNMODIFIED AND IT
IS NOT SOLD FOR PROFIT. THE PROGRAM IS SUPPLIED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY AND THE AUTHOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS CAUSATED
BY ITS USE.
