Post by thread:[OT]: decoding MIME from a web archive

I've been trying to get some info out of the PICList archive from before I was on the list, and I've come across a bit of a problem: How do I get the image data from a MIME encoded email that's been archived in text to a weblog? It appears that I can't just copy the text out and email it to myself using plain-text encoding. All I get with that is the original text that I pasted in. Ideas? --Brendan -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

Hi! > was on the list, and I've come across a bit of a problem: How do I get the > image data from a MIME encoded email that's been archived in text to a > weblog? Save the text to a file and run munpack on it. http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/new/utilities/compression/mpack15d.zip BTW, does anyone knows why (the hell) does Outlook Express remove the "[OT]:" while replying ? (change topic in the answer to this). Cheers, Diego. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Brendan Moran wrote: >I've been trying to get some info out of the PICList archive from before I >was on the list, and I've come across a bit of a problem: How do I get the >image data from a MIME encoded email that's been archived in text to a >weblog? > >It appears that I can't just copy the text out and email it to myself using >plain-text encoding. All I get with that is the original text that I pasted >in. > >Ideas? Cut out the whole message and add a proper MIME header (while editing the message as text), then resubmit it. You can also use metamail on Unix (metamail -bewc "application/whatever". Also man metamail :: -y if desperate). Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

source= http://www.piclist.com/postbot.asp?id=piclist\2002\06\26\154543a You can decode mime attachments in the PICList archive simply by clicking on the "decode" link at the start of the attachment. That automatically parses the attachment out and sends it to http://www.piclist.com/techref/mimedecode.asp which decodes it and displays the result. Currently only BASE64 decoding is supported, but if you can provide some code in VBScript that decodes a string called strFile for other mime encoding methods, I will be happy to include it. Here is an example post with a gif attached: www.piclist.com/postbot.asp?id=piclist\2001\08\23\120748a --- James Newton: PICList.com webmaster, former Admin #3 spam_OUTjamesnewtonTakeThisOuTpiclist.com 1-619-652-0593 phone http://www.piclist.com/member/JMN-EFP-786 PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

>> It appears that I can't just copy the text out and email it to myself using plain-text encoding. All I get with that is the original text that I pasted in. Ideas? --Brendan << Not sure if you mean that your mailreader does not decode the data or what , but here's what I do for most mime stuff I get in Digests instead of the attachments sent with individual emails - Select all relevant mime stuff and copy to a text file. Open Winzip and drap 'n drop the text file. Winzip decodes open from there.. Probably when e-mail it to yourself you need a header in the style of: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C21D3B.CF036F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit XXXXXXX Etcetera ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C21D3B.CF036F60 Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="Tait-ICSP.jpg" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Tait-ICSP.jpg" hope it does not screw up somewhere. Have a look at the message source of a e-mail you send with an attachment .... Just use Winzip , simply. Regards Vis Naicker -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.