From:	Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: [OT] Mailer compatibility
Date:	Mon, 18 May 1998 13:54:32 +0100

And verily, did Grahamdrew hastily scribble thusly...
|I belive they are the same thing, but one is in hex and one is in
|decimal or something, and they are individuated by the number of digits
|(3 vs. 4) Notice 0157 yields entirely diffrent results.

If it's as you say, with numbers like 0157 vs 157, I think you`ll find it
isn't HEX. It's OCTAL.
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