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. <div class="gmail_quote"> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Bob Jonkman <<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com" target="_blank">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> 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 <a href="http://www.base64decode.org/" target="_blank">http://www.base64decode.org/</a> (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@Z k6g2_K-`M>6-w4 If that's the case, I'll need to see the file to diagnose the problem. --Bob. <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> 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 > > > </div></div> -- ubuntu-ca mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a> </blockquote></div>