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Do you know what linux programs can help hotmail and gmail to interpret MIME attachment files ?<br><br>Please advise.<br><br>Diana<br><br>> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:49:44 +0000<br>> From: jjllmmss@googlemail.com<br>> To: gllug@gllug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Gllug] attached files merged into text file<br>> <br>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Diana Scott <dianascott1@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:<br>> > I sent a sample word document to the email and it had forwarded to the<br>> > personal email in an attachment named "noname". The full text of the headers<br>> > in the file is as follows :<br>> ><br>> > From: "Diana Scott" <dianascott1@hotmail.co.uk><br>> > To: <.co.uk><br>> > Subject: attachments<br>> > Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:19:52 -0000<br>> > Message-ID: <BLU138-W37022ED3CE8FF3C85EEC4FBFB20@phx.gbl><br>> > MIME-Version: 1.0<br>> > Content-Type: multipart/mixed;<br>> > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_022C_01C992E1.08A15EE0"<br>> > X-Priority: 3 (Normal)<br>> > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal<br>> > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0)<br>> > Importance: Normal<br>> > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000<br>> > X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Feb 2009 22:19:52.0367 (UTC)<br>> > FILETIME=[2F7AB3F0:01C992E0]<br>> > X-Originating-IP: [82.23.51.76]<br>> ><br>> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.<br>> ><br>> > ------=_NextPart_000_022C_01C992E1.08A15EE0<br>> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative;<br>> > boundary="----=_NextPart_001_022D_01C992E1.08A15EE0"<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ------=_NextPart_001_022D_01C992E1.08A15EE0<br>> > Content-Type: text/plain;<br>> > charset="iso-8859-1"<br>> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > there is an attached file.<br>> ><br>> > _________________________________________________________________<br>> > Make a mini you and download it into Windows Live Messenger<br>> > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354029/direct/01/<br>> > ------=_NextPart_001_022D_01C992E1.08A15EE0<br>> > Content-Type: text/html;<br>> > charset="iso-8859-1"<br>> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br>> ><br>> > <html><br>> > <head><br>> > <style><br>> > .hmmessage P<br>> > {<br>> > margin:0px;<br>> > padding:0px<br>> > }<br>> > body.hmmessage<br>> > {<br>> > font-size: 10pt;<br>> > font-family:Verdana<br>> > }<br>> > </style><br>> > </head><br>> > <body class=3D'hmmessage'><br>> > there is an attached file.<br><br /><hr />Try Facebook in Windows Live =<br>> > Messenger! <a href=3D'http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354030/direct/01/' =<br>> > target=3D'_new'>Try it Now!</a></body><br>> > </html><br>> > ------=_NextPart_001_022D_01C992E1.08A15EE0--<br>> ><br>> > ------=_NextPart_000_022C_01C992E1.08A15EE0<br>> > Content-Type: application/msword;<br>> > name="word document example.doc"<br>> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64<br>> > Content-Disposition: attachment;<br>> > filename="word document example.doc"<br>> ><br>> > 0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAOgAAAAAAAAAA<br>> > EAAAPAAAAAEAAAD+////AAAAADkAAAD/////////////////////////////////////////////<br>> > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<br>> > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<br>> > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<br>> > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<br>> > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<br>> > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<br>> > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////s<br>> > pcEAJWAJBAAA8Ba/AAAAAAAAEAAAAAAABgAApSMAAA4AYmpiaq71rvUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br>> > AAAJBBYALjIAAMyfAADMnwAAiRoAAAAAAAAVAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAD//w8AAAAA<br>> > AAAAAAD//w8AAAAAAAAAAAD//w8AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKQAAAAAABwEAAAAAAAAHAQAABwE<br>> > AAAAAAAAHAQAAAAAAABsBAAAAAAAAGwEAAAAAAAAbAQAABQAAAAAAAAAAAAAANYEAACUAgAAMhAA<br>> > AAAAAAAyEAAAAAAAADIQAAA4AAAAahAAABwAAACGEAAAHAAAAGoHAAAAAAAAKRoAALYAAACuEAAA<br>> > AAAAAK4QAABMAAAA+hAAAAAAAAD6EAAAAAAAAPoQAAAAAAAAQRIAAAAAAABBEgAAAAAAAEESAAAA<br>> > AAAAqBkAAAIAAACqGQAAAAAAAKoZAAAAAAAAqhkAAAAAAACqGQAAAAAAAKoZAAAAAAAAqhkAACQA<br>> > AADfGgAAaAIAAEcdAAAqAAAAzhkAABUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAbAQAAAAAAACQEwAAAAAA<br>> > AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAfEgAAIgAAAEESAAAAAAAAkBMAAAAAAACQEwAAAAAAAM4ZAAAAAAAA<br>> > AAAAAAAAAAAcBAAAAAAAABwEAAAAAAAA+hAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPoQAAAlAQAA4xkAABYAAABS<br>> > FgAAAAAAAFIWAAAAAAAAUhYAAAAAAACQEwAA+gAAABwEAAA4AAAA+hAAAAAAAABsBAAAAAAAAPoQ<br>> > AAAAAAAAqBkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFIWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br>> ><br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> Is that exactly as you see the complete message?<br>> <br>> It seems like a line to indicate the end of the attachment is missing.<br>> <br>> I was able to extract the first two parts of the mulitpart MIME<br>> attachment (a bit of text and a bit of HTML) but the script I used<br>> does not see the part of the word document.<br>> <br>> I added a boundary manually at the end of the file (the string:<br>> "------=_NextPart_000_022C_01C992E1.08A15EE0" ) and then the last part<br>> was recognized. If you had this I think you email client should be<br>> able to decode the word attachment.<br>> <br>> I would check first if your messages are not being truncated at either end.<br>> <br>> To check in the side of the sender he can CC himself and check how the<br>> message is being handled locally, if the copy to self is OK then you<br>> would need to check the receiving side of things, either your local<br>> mail processing is doing some unusual post-processing (you email<br>> wizards should be able to compare messages as they arrive against how<br>> they reach your mailbox).<br>> <br>> Another possibility is that you email client could be broken, have<br>> you tried accessing your email with a different program.<br>> -- <br>> Gllug mailing list - Gllug@gllug.org.uk<br>> http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug<br><br /><hr />Beyond Hotmail - see what else you can do with Windows Live <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/132630768/direct/01/' target='_new'>Find out more!</a></body>
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