From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:59:11 +1100 (EST) Subject: [TUHS] attachments: MIME and uuencode In-Reply-To: <20170313000013.GF13938@mcvoy.com> References: <71748884-ac1a-d565-aa08-80f9220594ac@mhorton.net> <47519b01-0ef1-412e-8048-4494cd5d13f9@SG2APC01FT011.eop-APC01.prod.protection.outlook.com> <20170313000013.GF13938@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: On Sun, 12 Mar 2017, Larry McVoy wrote: > I used to have an undocumented mail service on my workstation at Sun. I > could send mail with a subject line specifying what I wanted and it sent > it to me. Mainly used it when I was teaching at Stanford and I wanted > to grab stuff but couldn't get into Sun's network from the outside. In > fact, just found the script, it only worked if I was coming from > lm at CS.Stanford.EDU or lm at Sunburn.Stanford.EDU so I must have been > worried about security. Giggle... Back when I was working for GEAC, I happened to find an outside line that they had forgotten was there, and me being a Unixoid and wanting to avoid their poxy M$ firewall, I used it for email etc. The IT bod understood, and it wasn't closed until after I left. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."