Subject: Re: Mac Attack
From: Shortpier (shortpier@shortpier.is-a-geek.com)
Date: Wed Jan 29 2003 - 08:11:45 AKST
Peter Q. Olsson wrote:
>All-
>I am having a Mac attack, and I don't mean fallen golden arches...
>
>A (trusted) colleague sent me an attachment from a macintosh. this, (apparently
>text) file starts with the line:
>
>(This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)
>
>and the rest is a jumble of text characters. my RH 7.0 box has a binhex
>executable, but the accompanying man page suggests I should be starting with a
>MacBinary, and I end up with ??? something in hex? Doesn't seem like this
>utility is useful...
>
>I have run into this problem frequently with Mac users in what are supposed to
>be simple text attachments.
>
>Any way, any ideas on how to crack this nut, or even what this file in question
>is exactly?
>
>Fiends don't let fiends drive Macs....
>
>PQO
>
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have you instaled the macutils package from your linux distro?
This will convert it (save the attachment)
Shortpier
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