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+                   MIME64 Encoder/Decoder
+
+WHAT MIME64 IS:  MIME64 is an encoding described in RFC1341 as MIME base64.
+Its purpose is to encode binary files into ASCII so that they may be passed
+through e-mail gates.  In this regard, MIME64 is similar to UUENCODE.
+Although most binaries these days are transmitted using UUENCODE, I
+have seen a few using MIME64, and I have had requests from friends that
+I decode MIME64 files that have fallen into their hands.  As long as
+some MIME64 continues to exist, a package such as this one is useful
+to have.
+
+
+WHAT THIS PACKAGE CONTAINS:  This package contains both executable
+and ANSI-C source code for a MIME64 encoder/decoder (MIME.EXE and
+MIME.C respecively).  It also contains this README file, and a MIME64
+encoded file called MIME.64.  The latter will decode to MIME.ZIP if
+you issue the DOS command line:
+
+   MIME64 MIME.64 MIME.ZIP
+
+If you unzip the zip file, you will get an essay by Mark Grand about
+MIME.
+
+
+HOW TO USE THIS PACKAGE:  To decode a MIME64 file you may type:
+
+   MIME64 infile outfile
+
+If you leave out the outfile specification, the output file will
+overwrite the input file unless there is a filename specifier in
+the header of the input file.  If there is a file name specifier
+in infile, and no outfile is given, the output file will be
+according to the specifier.  An example of a filename specifier
+in the header of a base64 MIME file is:
+
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name=dork.zip
+
+The filename specified here is dork.zip.
+
+If the input file has a content transfer encoding of any but base64,
+that input will be ignored.  For example, if it had a header line of:
+
+Content-transfer-encoding: unusualformat
+
+instead of:
+
+Content-transfer-encoding: base64
+
+there would be no output.  If no content-transfer-encoding line is
+given in the file, MIME64 assumes the file to be base64 and decodes
+it accordingly.
+
+There can be several files encoded into an input file.  If subsequent
+encoded files are found in the input file, they will be decoded according
+to the name specified in a content-type line.
+
+To encode a file into MIME64 format, type:
+
+   MIME64 infile outfile -e
+
+If you leave off the outfile specification, the output will
+overwrite the input.  MIME64 does not permit you to encode more than
+one file at a time.  If you wish to combine several base64 files,
+you will have to do so with a text editor.
+
+
+STATUS OF THIS PACKAGE:  This package is freeware.  As author, I
+claim no copyright.  If you change the source code and intend to
+propogate that change to other users, please include a comment to
+that effect at the top that states:  The date of the change, the
+nature of the change, and who made the change.  As a courtesy, I also
+ask that you retain the comment that acknowledges me as the original
+author.
+
+
+SEND QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PACKAGE TO:  hahn@lds.loral.com
+
+Karl Hahn
+
+