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kullstam@ne.mediaone.net writes:

> i am using pgnus 0.96 and am having some trouble with attachments.
> when i attach a binary (e.g., pdf or zip file) the file gets
> corrupted.  the problem is with sending since 1) i can receive
> attachments sent with other MUAs (mutt or netscape), and 2) other MUAs
> (mutt) receive the same corrupted attachment.

This is probably because pGnus by default attaches many binary files
using quoted printable encoding rather than the more robust base64
encoding.  Try putting this in your .gnus and see if it helps:

;;; Disable QP for unknown (binary) mime types.
(setq mm-content-transfer-encoding-defaults
  '(("text/x-patch" 8bit)
    ("text/.*" qp-or-base64)
    ("message/rfc822" 8bit)
    ("application/emacs-lisp" 8bit)
    ("application/x-patch" 8bit)
    (".*" base64)))

HTH.
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