[Gllug] attached files merged into text file

Fri Feb 20 20:27:06 UTC 2009

Do you know what linux programs can help hotmail and gmail to interpret MIME attachment files ?

Please advise.

Diana

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

_________________________________________________________________
Check out the new and improved services from Windows Live. Learn more! 
http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/132630768/direct/01/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/gllug/attachments/20090220/ea211dcc/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug