[X4U] How can I access MIME messages?

[Mark Des Cotes]

Thanks Linda (and Dirk, wherever you are) I followed the instructions  
and they worked perfectly. I now have the photos I needed. One small  
note, the file saved out of Textedit must be in plain text format to  
work. I forgot to convert one and saved it as .rtf (rich text format)  
and I wasn't able to extract the photo from the file.

Happy holidays everyone.

Mark Des Cotes
Owner-Graphic Designer
Marksman Design

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On 20-Dec-07, at 12:33 AM, Linda wrote:

> Somebody named Dirk posted these instructions on the Internet June  
> 2, 2007.
> Full credit to him:
>
>> Open the first mail message, then
>>
>> go
>>
>> View > Message > Raw Source
>>
>> Copy the whole base64 code chunks from the first "<" (I think),  
>> when the files
>> tells you it's multipart message
>>
>> Its the code after the text
>> "To read this message, select all of the parts of the message and  
>> select the
>> Message --> MIME --> Combine Messages menu item."
>>
>> paste into a Text Edit file
>> hit 'Enter' (to create a new line)
>>
>> The open second file, do as above, but just copy the dbase64 lines
>>
>> do soame for all oher parts bar the last
>>
>> for last message also copy the final line after the base64 lines
>>
>> then save the whole Text Edit file as txt
>>
>> go to 'Get Info' (Cmd-I) and delete the '.txt' (DO NOT tick the  
>> box hide
>> extension..)
>>
>> then run Stuffit Expander
>>
>> (all from memory..)
>>
>> The hang-ups I ran into were:
>> 1) not to copy the lines before the base64 lines
>> 2) not to remove the .txt through the get info (Cmd-I) window...
>>
>> Hope it works
>
> I echo his sentiment. Hope it works. Other suggestions in the  
> thread were to
> read the messages in Web mail rather than Mail, but if you've already
> downloaded the mail (via POP) to your local computer, you won't be  
> able to
> do that.
>
> ~Linda
>
>
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