[NTLUG:Discuss] here I sit on RH 7.1, and this other guy is on a MAC ...

[Fred James]

Thank you for your reply - apparently your second suggestion may prove 
to be the best as the file seems to be corrupt as it is.


Steve wrote:

> Fred James wrote:
> 
>> ... and I get an email attachment from him like name_of_file.doc that 
>> opens up with the first line reading:
>> (This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)
>> followed by unreadable.
>>
>> Anybody know what to do (be nice!)?
>> TIA
>>
>> [running Red Hat 7.1 with StarOffice 5.2]
>>
> 
> There's a package called macutils which should help you out. Should be 
> able to find an rpm for it somewhere.
> 
> Also, tell the person to not convert his email attachments to Binhex as 
> non-Mac users (and surprisingly large number of Mac users) won't know 
> what to do with them.
> 
> Steve
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