On 03/11/10 18:11, David B Teague wrote: > On 11/3/2010 7:28 AM, Mike Scott wrote: >> On 03/11/10 11:06, David B Teague wrote: >>> On 11/2/2010 6:35 PM, NoOp wrote: >>>> On 11/02/2010 05:50 AM, David B Teague wrote: >>>> ... >>>>> Anyone have a suggestion for how to actually see the slides? >>>>> >>>>> The list server strips attachments that are not made by >>>>> OO.o, so I'd have to send a sample privately. >>>> ... >>>> >>>> David, send me the file& I'll see if I can open. I have MSO 2003 + >>>> the >>>> requisite MSO 2007 converters. >>>> >>>> Gary >>>> >>> Gary: >>> >>> When I extract the attachments, each of which is named "attachment" they >> A noddy question, if I may. When you say 'extract the attachments', >> /exactly/ what are you doing? MIME uses base-64 encoding to reduce >> binary files to mailable text; normally your email client will, when you >> say 'save attachment', do all the needed decoding to leave the original >> file. But if you manually extract the parts from the message source, >> then you'll have to do the conversion yourself (obviously!) There are >> some simple enough tools eg in the perl library to help here. >> >> .... >> > > These parts come in several email messages. How would I extract the > parts so MIME will concatenate the parts and decode do as you suggest it > should?
You pose another question, which doesn't answer my query. In fact, it adds a new dimension - I think people had assumed there was one email per PP file; now we're into one PP file, split into chunks, MIME-encoded and emailed. Shades of the old shar method :-} Frankly, I'd say the answer is 'if you want to go there, don't start here'. In other words, get the sender to organize things better - either to send one large mail message (around 8Mb if i recall correctly what's been said elsewhere in the thread; not totally ridiculous) or (better) to plonk it on a web or ftp server from where you can fetch it directly without any of this hassle. That aside, others in the thread have told you about software for 'un-MIMEing' text. After that, you need to know exactly what the sender did when splitting the file up in order to know how to glue it back together. None of which is an OOo issue. -- Mike Scott Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
