Hi Sam H. et all,
Good explanation Sam. I was waiting to
see how someone would explain this. You might have mentioned
that to use uuedecode one must give the saved file an ".uue"
extension. eg. uuedecode somefile.uue To use mime64 one
needs to save the file with ".mme" extension eg. somefile.mme
I use munpack.exe which I think was suggested by someone on
this list. Also I usually don't have to parse out the attachment.
Usually I just save my email to a file with an ".uue" or ".mme"
extension and then the decoder will parse out the attachment.
eg. munpack some-email.mme
Eric
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 04:59:59 +0100, Laurie L Proud wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> <snip>
>
> > However this week they sent a circuit diagram attached as a JPEG (Jpeg)
> > file, and Insight just listed the file in what looks like ascii.
>
> All image files and other binaries are sent by email in an encoded
> ascii format, regardless of whatever email program you are using.
> In most cases the user does not see the raw ascii encoding because it
> is either automagically decoded and rendered and displayed, or the
> recipient just clicks on an icon to see the image.
>
> If you should receive an image file by email where this doesn't happen
> for you, then you will probably have to decode the file manually by
> using a special program that you probably already have on your computer.
> Most binaries are sent in either MIME encoded format or UUENCODE format.
> If you have a UUENCODE binary, you can decode it by using UUDECODE.EXE,
> a program that comes with Arachne. MIME encoded binaries may be decoded
> by using BASE64.EXE or MIME64.EXE or other programs designed for this
> purpose. To learn how to manually decode a binary you will have to
> study the DOCS and FAQs or seek help from your friendly local
> neighborhood DOS expert. Don't even bother to talk to a typical
> Windows user about your problem. You will find them all too stupid to
> understand you and too inept to help you. They don't even know that
> binary attachments are received encoded in ascii and most of them are
> so ignorant that they don't even know what ascii is.
>
> > Q1 Can I configure Insight to display the email message as a HTM page
> > and insert the gifs in the proper place ?.
>
> No. Insight is already properly configured. You might be able to
> modify the raw message so that it will be displayed as you like, but
> I would recommend against trying to resort to this method.
>
> > Q2 How can I display the Jpeg circuit attachment ?.
>
> Cut out and save the encoded attachment as a separate file.
> Then decode the file. Next, just view the decoded file with your
> favorite graphics program. JPGs may be viewed with Arachne.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Sam Heywood
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