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Is UUencode a good encoding to use?

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Is UUencode a good encoding to use?

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Nope. UUcode is a mishmash of badly underspecified formats with random permutations of incompatible error correction behaviours. When in doubt, use Base64. Only ever fall back on UUencode when you absolutely, positively, have to.

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