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'''NETSEND''' is a DOS utility that creates single-file self-extracting compressed archive files in [[DOS executable (.com)|COM]] format. It was developed by Jim Tucker. It is a spin-off of [[NETRUN]].

The files it creates use an ASCII-only encoding suitable for inclusion in an email. See [[Executable envelopes#Transfer-encoded executables]] for other executable formats of this sort.

== Discussion ==
The ASCII-encoded files are normally wrapped in some plain text instructions, telling you to use a text editor to save the payload data to a .COM file. There is a <code>-z</code> option to omit the wrapper, producing a file that can be executed directly (though you may have to rename it to end in ".COM").

== Identification ==
Ignoring any wrapper, files begin with "{{magic|XPPPYZIQD}}". This does not distinguish them from some [[NETPIC (Jim Tucker)|NETPIC]] and [[NETRUN]] files.

Files made by v1.00 (the only version?) have "{{magic|NETSEND_V1.00_JRT}}" at offset 46.

== Links ==
* [{{SACFTPURL|utilfile|netsend1.zip}} NETSEND v1.00]

[[Category:Executable envelopes]]
[[Category:Transfer Encodings]]

NETSEND - Revision history

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