From mvp@netcom.com Thu Apr 24 17:13:48 1997 Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Path: fu-berlin.de!news.mathworks.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sprint!ix.netcom.com!mvp From: mvp@netcom.com (Mike Van Pelt) Subject: Re: What can ELM do with all these embedded files? Message-ID: Organization: Netcom On-Line Services References: <335D079A.446B@seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov> <5jj6ei$1ps@grobbebol.xs4all.nl> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 04:59:06 GMT Lines: 33 Sender: mvp@netcom3.netcom.com In article <5jj6ei$1ps@grobbebol.xs4all.nl>, Roeland Th. Jansen wrote: >Brian D. Schieber wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm an ELM fan because of its speed. I like that I can bring >> it up quickly from any UNIX window and there's no crap to >> wait on. But more and more people are sending me enclosed >> images, docs, etc. What can I do to still use ELM but also >> handle these attachments?? > >install the metamail package (although I have some problems currently but it >dod work previosuly..) The problem is, every "attachment" message is a speedbump. I use procmail, with the following the very first thing in my .procmailrc file: SED=/usr/bin/sed :0f |$SED -e '1,/^$/s/^Content-/X-content-/' In other words, it's **TEXT**, dagnabbit!! ASCII!! If I (rarely) really want to process the silly attachments, I pipe it to another script which re-mimifies it and puts it into a folder which I can view with one of those touchee- feelee-GUI contraptions. -- Mike Van Pelt "People know what they want and they mvp@netcom.com deserve to get it." - H. L. Mencken KE6BVH ****WARNING: I complain to your ISP if you send me spam! ******