eml

[raymond house]

Hi Bob, your right, it's random characters.I set up Thunderbird and it
opens the eml files ok, I normally use Google mail and can't open them with
that mail program. Thanks for the info.

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

> I assume you mean that you see random characters, not code as in
>
> > SET r1, 10    ; set r1 to immediate value 10
> > STORE X, r1   ; store r1 into variable x
>
> An .eml file is an e-mail message, meant to be opened with your mail
> program.  In Thunderbird you can open an .eml file by selecting "File,
> Open saved message". That should show the message in its proper format.
>
> If you still see random characters then the .eml file is damaged, and
> you'll need to decode it yourself.
>
> The message could be encoded with Base64. If you open it with a text
> editor it looks like tightly packed characters:
>
>
> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed
> Content-transfer-encoding: base64
>
>
> SGkgUmF5bW9uZCEgSSBob3BlIHlvdSBoYXZlIGdvb2QgbHVjayBpbiBkZWNvZGluZyB5b3VyIG1l
>
> c3NhZ2UuICANCg0KSWYgYW55b25lIGhhcyBib3RoZXJlZCB0byByZWFkIHRoaXMsIHdlIGNhbiBt
>
> YWtlIGEgZ2FtZSBvZiBpdCAtIGp1c3Qgc2VuZCB0aGUgd29yZHMNCg0KICBTdWJsaW1lIFJldmVs
>
> YXRpb24hDQoNCkV2ZXJ5b25lIGVsc2Ugd2lsbCB3b25kZXIgd2hhdCdzIGdvaW5nIG9uIDotKQ0K
> DQotLUJvYi4=
>
>
> If the content-type is "text/plain" or "text/html" then you can decode
> it with an online tool like http://www.base64decode.org/ (if
> Content-type is "image" or "application" you'll have to find another
> tool). Copy only the encoded portion into the Web page (not the Content
> headers).  The decoded message will be visible to that web site, so
> don't do this for confidential information.
>
>
> If you're seeing other random characters then the .eml file may be
> damaged in some other way.
>
> > -hD_2_`~-oB"_Ukj-#x>8K _20=SiRlf(¤57-.-/_E§£M
> > X5c#29 mT#T0l--_L:-899,K-% u_F+Bx_um1
> > (5wb at Z k6g2_K-`M>6-w4
>
> If that's the case, I'll need to see the file to diagnose the problem.
>
> --Bob.
>
>
> On 2012-08-28 06:47, raymond house wrote:
> > Hello everyone, when I receive an "eml" attachment and I try to look
> > at it, I only get a bunch of code. I wonder what has to be done to
> > decode this type  ?  Thanks
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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