On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:48:15 -0400, Kurt Kehler wrote: > the binary will not execute, right? Correct. Using Alt-V you will be shown the MIME (or UU) encoded form of the file being sent you, which will give you no useful information about it (I mean you cannot see the binary, because it is at this stage encoded into three characters for each two bytes). Paul Hodges QBS Software Ltd