[NTLUG:Discuss] here I sit on RH 7.1, and this other guy is on a MAC ...

[Steve]

Fred James wrote:

> ... and I get an email attachment from him like name_of_file.doc that 
> opens up with the first line reading:
> (This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)
> followed by unreadable.
> 
> Anybody know what to do (be nice!)?
> TIA
> 
> [running Red Hat 7.1 with StarOffice 5.2]
> 

There's a package called macutils which should help you out. Should be able to 
find an rpm for it somewhere.

Also, tell the person to not convert his email attachments to Binhex as non-Mac 
users (and surprisingly large number of Mac users) won't know what to do with them.

Steve