On 31 Dec 2017, at 09:43, Bill Cole <postfixlists-070...@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote: > On 31 Dec 2017, at 10:24 (-0500), Voytek wrote: >> On Mon, January 1, 2018 1:19 am, Alex JOST wrote: >>> Am 29.12.2017 um 21:15 schrieb Eero Volotinen:
>>>> A bit offtopic, but I need cli-tool to remove attachments from specific >>>> maildir messages, so how to do that? >>> The Thunderbird add-on 'AttachmentExtractor' should be able to do that, >>> but I don't know if it still works with recent versions of Thunderbird as >>> it hasn't been updated in a long time. >>> As Bill already noted such operations should be considered wisely. Wrong >>> manipulation of the message can make it unreadable. Backups are mandatory. >> I'm happy to be corrected here, but, I'm fairly certain I have done so in >> the past, with no ill effect, and, one can always copy the actual file to >> a new file, anyhow. >> >> it was i think uudecode ? first for uuencoded emails, and, munpack for >> mime encoded, something like 'munpack email_file': > Yes, but that does not *remove* the attachments from the existing message > file. It extracts decoded copies of the attachments. The original message > file is unmodified. I think using dovecot and sieve would be possible to do this, but as others have said this seems to be trying to solve the wrong problem. If the attachments are not wanted, it seems unlikely the mail itself is wanted, better to reject. -- Wally: That's my nickname, "Waly" with one el. Dilbert: Who calls you that? Wally: Most people, they just don't realize it.
