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diff --git a/converters/mmencode/pkg-descr b/converters/mmencode/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7a627d641a68 --- /dev/null +++ b/converters/mmencode/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +From the man page: + + The mimencode program simply converts a byte stream into (or out of) one of + the standard mail encoding formats defined by MIME, the proposed standard + for internet multimedia mail formats. Such an encoding is necessary + because binary data cannot be sent through the mail. The encodings under- + stood by mimencode are preferable to the use of the uuencode/uudecode pro- + grams, for use in mail, in several respects that were important to the + authors of MIME. + +Mmencode is part of metamail, and can be installed as part of that package. +It is provided here as an independent package since some programs require +mmencode only and hence you can avoid having to install the entire metalmail +package when not required. + + -Kelly + ~kbyanc@posi.net~ |