NETSEND
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NETSEND is a DOS utility that creates single-file self-extracting compressed archive files in 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.
[edit] 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 -z option to omit the wrapper, producing a file that can be executed directly (though you may have to rename it to end in ".COM").
[edit] Identification
Ignoring any wrapper, files begin with "XPPPYZIQD". This does not distinguish them from some NETPIC and NETRUN files.
Files made by v1.00 (the only version?) have "NETSEND_V1.00_JRT" at offset 46.
