On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Rich Greenberg wrote:
> Most mailers require that in order to recognise attachments, there has
> to be a mime header in the email.  An example:
>
>      Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO"

Yes, I know that.

> Without that header, you will see the mime-encoded (usually base64) file
> as gibberish.  It can be extracted with a bit of work.
>
> Save it as a text file on your PC.  I use an extension of B64 (which may
> not matter) but is a convenience because on my PC, double clicking on a
> ".b64" file in explorer will open Winzip with that file.  I don't recall
> if that was done by Winzip when I installed it or I did it myself.
>
> Using a text editor, remove all except the actual encoded file.  This
> step may not be needed but I do it anyway for "cleanness".
>
> Point Winzip at the file and extract.  Other zip programs MAY also
> recognize and extract base64 encoding, haven't tried.  Back in Win31
> days I used Wincode from Snappy Software, which seems to have gone away.

I've done all that, but using UNIX rather than windows, and haven't
added the extra layer of encoding (another layer for the user to get
through) by "zipping" it.  I can PUT it just fine, and then GET it,
edit the header, and the attachments work.  But not many know how to,
or can, do that.  What I want is to PUT the file, and the attachments
work when whoever GETs it, without having to do anything (provided
he has a system than can read MSWord "Application" attachments, base64).

Below is a sample of what I have PUT (less the bulk of each attachment),
which works, as described above, if one can, and knows how to, edit the
header once the GET output is received.

Douglas Winship  [log in to unmask]

  "PUT ABCDEF.UVWXYZ PW=xxxxxxx"
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19)
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
        boundary="----_=_NextPart_000_01C46AB4.03DF4D40"

------_=_NextPart_000_01C46AB4.03DF4D40
Content-Type: text/plain;
        charset="iso-8859-1"

Some of you may still remember this survey sent in April. I promised to
  [remainder of this part deleted]

------_=_NextPart_000_01C46AB4.03DF4D40
Content-Type: application/msword;
        name="AUTOCAT - Shelf-ready services survey compiled data.doc"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
        filename="AUTOCAT - Shelf-ready services survey compiled data.doc"

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAaQAAAAAAAAAA
EAAAawAAAAEAAAD+////AAAAAGgAAAD/////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  [remainder of this part deleted]

------_=_NextPart_000_01C46AB4.03DF4D40
Content-Type: application/msword;
        name="AUTOCAT Shelf-ready services survey report.doc"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
        filename="AUTOCAT Shelf-ready services survey report.doc"

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAcwAAAAAAAAAA
EAAAdQAAAAEAAAD+////AAAAAHIAAAD/////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     [remainder of this, last, part deleted


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