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  8. 7plus: 7PLUS (encoder vaguely similar to Unix's UUENCODE)
  9. 7plus:
  10. 7plus: It uses a very effective radix216 encoding and incorporates diverse
  11. 7plus: mechanisms to ensure decoded data is not corrupted. It also includes
  12. 7plus: an interactive repair mechanism which allows the repair of damaged
  13. 7plus: files using correction files, thus eliminating the need to retransmit
  14. 7plus: entire files. In case of a corruption, only the faulty sections are
  15. 7plus: resent. 7PLUS is only meant to be used within the Packet Radio network
  16. 7plus: for the tranport of binary data through Packet Radio mail. It cannot
  17. 7plus: be used for Internet eMail since it needs a (almost) transparent path
  18. 7plus: from end to end."