[ale] MIME decoding question

[Randy Dunlap]

Text item: 

If you can believe the file names 8;), there is a linux MIME pack &
unpack utility available at ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/mpack/ .
I use the DOS version and it works well.

~Randy
(On the net, I speak only for myself.)



______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: Re: [ale] MIME decoding question
Author:  ale-owner at cc.gatech.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    7/30/97 10:11 AM


>[headers, lead text ..]
>--=====================_870211319==_
>Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="marvshad.bmp";
> x-mac-type="424D5070"; x-mac-creator="4A565752"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="marvshad.bmp"
>
>
>I can't get 'pine' to recognize the encoding, nor to store a binary version
>of the item, much less view it.  How can I set up my mail reader to deal
>with encoded MIME attachments?  Earlier I had equally unsuccessful results
>with Netscape, which is why I installed 'pine'.  'View Attachment' brings
>a complaint from 'pine' that there is no attachment.
>
>Pointers Right to The Fine Manual are definintely appropriate here.
>

The uncoding type is base64.  I don't think I've ever seen one for Linux,
but I know that there are several for Windows.  You'll need to export the
message to a plain text file and run a base64 decoder over it.

..

---

Christopher Hamilton       Internal System Administrator
chrish at ifsintl.com         IFS International, Inc.

Text item: External Message Header

The following mail header is for administrative use
and may be ignored unless there are problems.

***IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS SAVE THESE HEADERS***.

Precedence: bulk
Sender: owner-ale at cc.gatech.edu
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Mime-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <199707301400.KAA08062 at bismarck.gtri.gatech.edu>
Cc: ale at cc.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: [ale] MIME decoding question
 From: Christopher Hamilton <chrish at ifsintl.com>
To: jmills at bismarck.gtri.gatech.edu (John M. Mills)
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:11:57 -0400
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32)
X-Sender: chrish at pop.ifsintl.com
Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19970730101157.0069c658 at pop.ifsintl.com>
Received: from stargazer.ifsintl.com (stargazer.ifsintl.com [199.100.51.22]) by
www.ifsintl.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA00390; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:25:54 -
0400
Received: from www.ifsintl.com(199.100.51.8) by firewall.ifsintl.com via smap (3
.2)
     id xma002412; Wed, 30 Jul 97 10:13:34 -0400
Received: by firewall.ifsintl.com; id KAA02417; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:13:54 -0400
(EDT)
Received: from firewall.ifsintl.com (firewall-user@[38.161.97.1]) by burdell.cc.
gatech.edu (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA04310 for <ale at cc.gatech.edu>; Wed, 30
 Jul 1997 10:16:06 -0400 (EDT)
Received: (from majordomo at localhost) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.8.4/8.6.9) id K
AA04333 for ale-outgoing; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:16:11 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from burdell.cc.gatech.edu (burdell.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.207])
          by mailbag.jf.intel.com (8.8.6/8.8.4) with ESMTP
       id HAA29793 for <randy_dunlap at ccm.jf.intel.com>; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 07:28:3
1 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mailbag.jf.intel.com (mailbag.jf.intel.com [134.134.248.4]) by re
lay.jf.intel.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA07380 for <randy_dunlap at ccm.jf.i
ntel.com>; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 07:26:12 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: ale-owner at cc.gatech.edu