Attachment Decoding/Encoding/Viewing tools

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Please note: some tools do both directions (i.e. expansion and compression, encoding and decoding) Others only do one of the two. I am going to develop a graphical way to indicate which do which...

	Mac	Win	Unix	Be
Expansion / Compression
Stuffit (.sit)	StuffIt Deluxe MindExpander MacLinkPlus Deluxe	Stuffit MindExpander	Stuffit Linux Stuffit Solaris
Zip (.zip) (see Info-ZIP)	StuffIt Deluxe SmartZip MacZIPit PKZipMac MindExpander InfoZip Zip for Macintosh MacLinkPlus Deluxe	Stuffit WinZip MindExpander WinZip by Nico MAK WinZip by WinZip. ZipMagic PKZip(PKWare) InfoZip	PKZip(AsiZip) Stuffit PKZip(PKWare) InfoZip	InfoZip
Self Extracting Archive (.sea)	StuffIt Deluxe MindExpander	Stuffit MindExpander
GZip	MacGzip MacLinkPlus Deluxe	gzip WinZip ConversionsPlus ConversionsPlus	gzip
tar	MacTar MacLinkPlus Deluxe	WinZip ZipMagic ConversionsPlus
rar	MacRar	RarSoft ZipMagic	RarSoft	RarSoft
Decoding / Encoding
.binhex	Rosetta Decoder StuffIt Deluxe MindExpander MacLinkPlus Deluxe	Decoder Stuffit MindExpander ConversionsPlus	McVert	xbin
.uuencode	Rosetta Decoder Decode da Code StuffIt Deluxe uucd MacLinkPlus Deluxe	Decoder Super WinUUE UUDecoder/Encoder ConversionsPlus		JustDecode
MacBinary (.bin)	Rosetta StuffIt Deluxe Decoder MindExpander MacLinkPlus Deluxe	Decoder MindExpander ConversionsPlus	McVert
MIME Base64	Rosetta StuffIt Deluxe Decoder MPack Decode da Code MacLinkPlus Deluxe	Decoder MPack Zeal Decoder ConversionsPlus	MPack	JustDecode
Helpers / Converters
helper apps	particular apps
conversion and universal file opener tools	MacLinkPlus Deluxe (opens Win files, convert Mac and Win, open problem attachment files) Can Opener GraphicConverter	ConversionsPlus (convert Windows or Mac files to a format you can read or from your format to another Windows or Mac format, opens problem attachment files) MacOpener 2000 (opens Mac files on Windows) Can Opener Keyview Quick View Plus
ftp/chat file transfer apps	StuffIt Express looks great web-based: http://www.staroffice.com Beehive ftp forms AbbottChat	Beehive ftp forms AbbottChat
Links
links	MIME info from Etresoft, makers of Decoder MIME faq Compression FAQ Compression FAQ part 2 TipJar DeMimeUlator "Unpack a base-64 MIME attachment with this web page." Helper App Directory Email mime test Virus checking MacExplorer "Displays the Macintosh type of the files (XPress, Photoshop, Word, etc.), allowing to a Windows user to know the kind of the files without their 3 characters extensions" TNEF's Enough allows Macs to read and extract files from Microsoft TNEF stream files.

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