[ale] Email, base-64 decoding

[Jim Kinney]

Perlmonks to the rescue!!

http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=578396

Several ideas on that page. Some are 2-3 lines once modules are
installed. Should be able to use a local user installation.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ugh. OK. IRIX has (remnants) of perl packages. Most of the mime tools
> are perl modules. As long as the basic perl core in in place, you
> should be able to monkeywork from that.
>
> If you can uudecode it to html, get text out of that with lynx -dump
>
> given the sorry state of IRIX (should have sold Cray _WITH_ the Cray
> debt!), a different machine for reading email on may be easiest.
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Ken Cochran<kwc at theworld.com> wrote:
>> Not an option; I don't have control of the server, I'm just
>> a shell user.  Fwiw the host OS is Irix.  Is there anything I
>> can use/make/cobble together that'll "unpack" these kinds of
>> email messages?  Their "native" format is gibberish.
>>
>> -kc
>>
>>> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:09:32 -0400
>>> From: Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [ale] Email, base-64 decoding
>>>
>>> If you run your mail through MailScanner, you can convert all incoming
>>> email to plain text (and dump spammers crap, etc).
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Ken Cochran<kwc at theworld.com> wrote:
>>> > Seems that nowadays I get more & more email that appears to be
>>> > base-64 encoded.  Is there any way to decode these messages
>>> > without resorting to web or a gui mail client?  "Berkeley"
>>> > mail just gives me something that looks like it's uuencoded
>>> > and mutt might decode it but if what's inside is html, that
>>> > doesn't work either.  I need some kind of command-line tool
>>> > a la munpack; ideas?  What typically generates email in this
>>> > crazy coding scheme in the 1st place?
>>> >
>>> > I just sent Newegg a nastygram over this kind of email to the
>>> > tune that I'll do no further business with them if they can't
>>> > send me order-related email in a format I can read.
>>> >
>>> > FAQ / doc pointers welcome.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > -kc
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>
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