David Ritz wrote:
 
> > I suppose I could use uuencode and post that here as a block of
> > text.
> 
> If you think for a moment, that simply encoding a binary as text
> meens (means) it's no longer a binary, you're quite mistaken.  

No, I was thinking that if all the mime junk wasn't included, that AIOE
wouldn't trigger on "begin" or "end" in determining that a block of
ascii characters was a binary attachment.

> Posting binary content in text only newsgroups is a really Bad Idea
> Posting malware to Usenet is an even worse idea.  Either is likely
> to get your silly ass ToSed.

Why is Dustin suggesting I post the malware samples here then?

> Fortunately for you, AIOE is a text only news server.  I doubt
> you'll have much luck with your hairbrained scheme.

I have already verfied that I can post the uuencoded text of a small
binary file to a (dormant / obscure) non-binary usenet group via the
AIOE server.

Cutting and pasting the uuencoded block did not work (even if the Begin
six-four-four line was put into brackets and moved into a paragraph of
conversational text).

What does work is adding a single character (such as a period) to the
start of each line.  The character can easily be removed and the
resulting block can be uudecoded.
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