Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:09:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@x.it.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Procmail Decoding Mime Messages Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304241908420.32380@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <201304242107.r3OL7Z55094161@x.it.okstate.edu> References: <201304242107.r3OL7Z55094161@x.it.okstate.edu>
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2013, Martin McCormick wrote: > Is there a filter that one can run in procmail in which > base64 encoded data go in and text comes out so one can allow > procmailrc to do its work? > > I use bogofilter to filter spam and it does a very good > job after one builds a core of spammishness, but legitimate > messages are often-times filled with base64 sections that look > like garbage to the regular expressions that one puts in > .procmailrc for sorting mail. > > When searching for information, I found something called > mimencode which both encodes and decodes these attachments, but > there is no FreeBSD port called mimencode so it occurred to me > that some other application might exist which is in the ports > that does basically the same thing. > > Is there anything which will take a raw email message > and spit out linear strings which can be processed like normal > text? mail/maildrop has a reformime program which may be useful. maildrop itself is like a better and easier to use procmail.
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