# MIME::Decoder::UU

- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- AUTHOR
- VERSION

## 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: 5.204 $ $Date: 2000/08/15 03:51:46 $