From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lynda LoDestro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: gnu emacs rmail question Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:13:19 -0800 Message-ID: <200612062113.kB6LDJes022348@unixbuild6.llnl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1165443670 17943 80.91.229.10 (6 Dec 2006 22:21:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:21:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 06 23:21:07 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gs58J-00024H-Bl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:20:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gs58I-0002GP-Ry for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:20:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gs46B-0005Wt-E2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:14:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gs466-0005RU-2s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:14:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gs465-0005RL-VS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:14:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [128.115.41.81] (helo=nspiron-1.llnl.gov) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gs465-0007Zh-7m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:14:34 -0500 Original-Received: from unixbuild6.llnl.gov ([128.115.101.204]) by nspiron-1.llnl.gov with ESMTP; 06 Dec 2006 13:13:20 -0800 X-Attachments: X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,505,1157353200"; d="scan'208"; a="10052830:sNHT3114976088" Original-Received: from unixbuild6.llnl.gov (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by unixbuild6.llnl.gov (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id kB6LDJte022351; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:13:19 -0800 Original-Received: (from lodestro1@localhost) by unixbuild6.llnl.gov (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id kB6LDJes022348; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:13:19 -0800 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:20:43 -0500 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:39296 Archived-At: I have spent quite a while using emacs's help before resorting to this posting. I apologize if I missed the solution. I am on linux, running GNU Emacs 21.3.1 The question is about attachments in rmail---they arrive embedded, like this: ---begin illustration of embedded message ------=_NextPart_001_003E_01C71874.E3F05580-- ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C71874.E3F05580 Content-Type: application/pdf; name="SPSEnewauthcard.pdf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="SPSEnewauthcard.pdf" JVBERi0xLjQNJeLjz9MNCjQgMCBvYmogPDwvTGluZWFyaXplZCAxL0wgNzcyNjQvTyA2L0UgNjA3 MDIvTiAxL1QgNzcxMzgvSCBbIDEzNTYgMjI1XT4+DWVuZG9iag0gICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAg DQp4cmVmDQo0IDUzDQowMDAwMDAwMDE2IDAwMDAwIG4NCjAwMDAwMDE1ODEgMDAwMDAgbg0KMDAw MDAwMTY3NiAwMDAwMCBuDQowMDAwMDAyMDgzIDAwMDAwIG4NCjAwMDAwMDIzODYgMDAwMDAgbg0K ---end illustration of embedded message I tried extracting the region (starting with JV...) and applying the emacs function base64-decod A lot was decoded correctly, but not all the \xxx characters were correct. This was determined by diff'ing with correct version of the pdf file. acroread on the result was a failure (blank pages). Do you have advice? Thank you, Lynda