[ale] Email, base-64 decoding

[Jim Kinney]

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Perlmonks to the rescue!!
>
> http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=578396
>
> Several ideas on that page. Some are 2-3 lines once modules are
> installed. Should be able to use a local user installation.
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ugh. OK. IRIX has (remnants) of perl packages. Most of the mime tools
>> are perl modules. As long as the basic perl core in in place, you
>> should be able to monkeywork from that.
>>
>> If you can uudecode it to html, get text out of that with lynx -dump
>>
>> given the sorry state of IRIX (should have sold Cray _WITH_ the Cray
>> debt!), a different machine for reading email on may be easiest.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Ken Cochran<kwc at theworld.com> wrote:
>>> Not an option; I don't have control of the server, I'm just
>>> a shell user.  Fwiw the host OS is Irix.  Is there anything I
>>> can use/make/cobble together that'll "unpack" these kinds of
>>> email messages?  Their "native" format is gibberish.
>>>
>>> -kc
>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:09:32 -0400
>>>> From: Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [ale] Email, base-64 decoding
>>>>
>>>> If you run your mail through MailScanner, you can convert all incoming
>>>> email to plain text (and dump spammers crap, etc).
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Ken Cochran<kwc at theworld.com> wrote:
>>>> > Seems that nowadays I get more & more email that appears to be
>>>> > base-64 encoded.  Is there any way to decode these messages
>>>> > without resorting to web or a gui mail client?  "Berkeley"
>>>> > mail just gives me something that looks like it's uuencoded
>>>> > and mutt might decode it but if what's inside is html, that
>>>> > doesn't work either.  I need some kind of command-line tool
>>>> > a la munpack; ideas?  What typically generates email in this
>>>> > crazy coding scheme in the 1st place?
>>>> >
>>>> > I just sent Newegg a nastygram over this kind of email to the
>>>> > tune that I'll do no further business with them if they can't
>>>> > send me order-related email in a format I can read.
>>>> >
>>>> > FAQ / doc pointers welcome.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> >
>>>> > -kc
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