# MIME::Decoder::UU

This module is BETA code, which means that the interfaces are fairly stable BUT it has not been out in the community long enough to guarantee much testing. Use with caution! Please report any errors back to eryq@zeegee.com as soon as you can.

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## NAME

MIME::Decoder::UU - decode a "uuencoded" stream

## SYNOPSIS

A generic decoder object; see MIME::Decoder for usage.

Also supports a preamble() method to recover text before the uuencoded portion of the stream.

## DESCRIPTION

A MIME::Decoder subclass for a nonstandard encoding whereby data are uuencoded. Common non-standard MIME encodings for this:

        x-uu
        x-uuencode

## AUTHOR

Eryq (eryq@zeegee.com), ZeeGee Software Inc (http://www.zeegee.com).

UU-decoding code lifted from "uuexplode", a Perl script by an unknown author...

All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## VERSION

$Revision: 5.403 $ $Date: 2000/11/04 19:54:49 $