# perldoc > MIME::Decoder::UU

## NAME
    [MIME::Decoder::UU](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/MIME%3A%3ADecoder%3A%3AUU/markdown) - decode a "uuencoded" stream

## SYNOPSIS
    A generic decoder object; see [MIME::Decoder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/MIME%3A%3ADecoder/markdown) for usage.

    Also supports a preamble() method to recover text before the uuencoded portion of the stream.

## DESCRIPTION
    A [MIME::Decoder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/MIME%3A%3ADecoder/markdown) subclass for a nonstandard encoding whereby data are uuencoded. Common
    non-standard MIME encodings for this:

        x-uu
        x-uuencode

## SEE ALSO
    [MIME::Decoder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/MIME%3A%3ADecoder/markdown)

## AUTHOR
    Eryq (<eryq@zeegee.com>), ZeeGee Software Inc (<http://www.zeegee.com>).

    UU-decoding code lifted from "uuexplode", a Perl script by an unknown author...

    All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.