Re: Coverting encoded files

1999-07-22 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 10:41:24PM -0500, Alex Lane wrote: What can I do to automatically convert encoded attachments into files? In particular, many people send me MS Word files, and You need a viewer for that particular mime-type. I'd like to be able to access such files via my local

Re: Coverting encoded files

1999-07-22 Thread David Thorburn-Gundlach
Alex -- ...and then Alex Lane said... % All, %My understanding is that mailcap will allow you to configure % things so that you can view mail attachments. Yep; that's the idea. %What can I do to automatically convert encoded attachments % into files? In particular, many people send

Re: Coverting encoded files

1999-07-22 Thread Brian Salter-Duke
On Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 06:52:55AM -0400, David Thorburn-Gundlach wrote: Alex -- ...and then Alex Lane said... % All, %My understanding is that mailcap will allow you to configure % things so that you can view mail attachments. Yep; that's the idea. %What can I do to

Re: Coverting encoded files

1999-07-22 Thread Thomas Roessler
On 1999-07-22 21:26:59 +1100, Brian Salter-Duke wrote: 2. In the attachment menu send the file to a dummy script that basically says "Hit enter to continue:" and waits until you do. While it waits the file is in /tmp. I run samba and have the tmp share open on the PC in a window. Pull down

Re: Coverting encoded files

1999-07-22 Thread David Ellement
On 990722, at 21:26:59, Brian Salter-Duke wrote: On Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 06:52:55AM -0400, David Thorburn-Gundlach wrote: ...and then Alex Lane said... %What can I do to automatically convert encoded attachments % into files? In particular, many people send me MS Word files, and

Re: Coverting encoded files

1999-07-22 Thread Alex Lane
Recently, David Thorburn-Gundlach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Not bad; that's probably the equivalent of what Alex wants to do. And, as I see you say, you can use a script to do your handy pathing as well as clean up later. I'm thinking maybe I can insert a rule in procmail that, when it