Date   : Mon, 14 Dec 1987 11:39:00 EDT
From   : "John S. Fisher" <FISHER@CICGE.RPI.EDU>
Subject: Re: Problems with the Pascal UUDECODER

The Pascal UUDECODE appears to be in complete agreement with all
of the other UUDECODE programs I've been able to compare it to.
The problem is being generated by the uuencoder used by the Bitnet
file server.

Apparently, the (correct) uuencoders always construct encoded data
that is a multiple of 4 bytes (which becomes 3 bytes when decoded).
The encoder used by my server encodes only the exact number needed.
Some, if not all, of the standard decoders depend on finding a
multiple of 4 bytes, thus the error.

At any rate, I'll repair my uuencoder as soon as possible.  However,
if you take any of the files you have that are a problem and replace
the trailing "M" in the problem line with "   M" (3 spaces and "M")
you should be able to circumvent the error.

Regards,
JSFisher