[rollei_list] Re: "MIME encoding" (was: TEST, deciphered)

  • From: Stefan Kell <skba.unat@xxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:50:47 +0200 (CEST)

Hi,

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Emilio Perea wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 12:20:05PM +0200, bigler@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > To decipher by hand
> >
> > - save text to a file or keep in an emacs buffer
> > - apply the unix command :
> > mimencode -u
> > to it or the following emacs command
> > (shell-command-on-region (region-beginning) (region-end) "mimencode -u" nil 
> > nil nil)
>
> % mimencode -u outfile
> mimencode: Command not found.
>
> % apropos mime
> Encode::MIME::Header (3p) - MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
> MIME::Base64 (3p) - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
> MIME::QuotedPrint (3p) - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable strings
> mpack (1) - pack a file in MIME format
> munpack (1) - unpack messages in MIME or split-uuencode format
>
> % munpack outfile
> Did not find anything to unpack from outfile
>

You could try option "-t" for munpack since there are no files embedded in
the message, see man munpack on OpenBSD.

If you want to use mimencode you have to install package metamail on
OpenBSD.

> Seriously, doesn't mimencode produce headers that allow other programs
> to decode its output?

No, since the output can be used for anything not only eMail.

Regards

Stefan Kell

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