[ale] Extracting from EXISTING /var/spool/mqueue file

Brian Mathis brian.mathis+ale at betteradmin.com
Thu Aug 15 23:33:58 EDT 2013


That's base64 encoded.  Do this:

1. Copy the file out of the queue
2. Open it up in a text editor and remove everything except the encoded junk
3. Run: base64 -d encoded_junk_file > thisisthe.pdf


❧ Brian Mathis


On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com> wrote:

>   OK – Given I have unsent email in /var/spool/mqueue how can I extract
> an attachment from the file?****
>
> ** **
>
> Note I am NOT asking how to SEND attachments – the attachment is already
> in the file.   What I can’t figure out is how I could get just the
> attachment and either view it on the local host or forward it in a new
> email.****
>
> ** **
>
> So for example for a given message I have two files:****
>
> -rw------- 1 root smmsp 332042 Aug 15 10:58 dfr7FEwI9R025512****
>
> -rw------- 1 root smmsp   1163 Aug 15 14:02 qfr7FEwI9R025512****
>
> ** **
>
> The qfr is the one with the original header information.****
>
> ** **
>
> The dfr is the one with the actual mail body which in this case is mainly
> a pdf attachment.****
>
> ** **
>
> What I see in the dfr is something along the lines of:****
>
> ** **
>
> ------=_Part_288_32765629.1376578698499****
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii****
>
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit****
>
> ** **
>
> Your Doc****
>
> ------=_Part_288_32765629.1376578698499****
>
> Content-Type: application/pdf;****
>
>         name=thisisthe.pdf****
>
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64****
>
> Content-Disposition: attachment;****
>
>         filename=thisisthe.pdf****
>
> ** **
>
>
> KTYMCLi0xLjQKJaqrrK0KNCAwIG9iago8PAovQ3JlYXRvciAoQXBhY2hlIEZPUCBWZXJzaW9ujclis
> ****
>
>
> KCkZL1Byb2R1Y2VyIChBcGFjaGUgRk9QIFZlcnNpb24gMS4wKQovQ3JlYXRpb25EYXRlIChEOjkm
> ****
>
>
> QTMwOKE1MTA1ODE3LTA0JzAwJykKPj4KZW5kb2JqCjUgMCBvYmoKPDwKICAvTiAzCiAgL0xlbill0
> ****
>
> ------=_Part_288_32765629.1376578698499—****
>
> ** **
>
> There is a lot more between the “ Part_288” lines that I’ve left out.****
>
> ** **
>
> So my question is how could I get the “thisisthe.pdf” file to actually be
> a pdf that I could open?****
>
> ** **
>
> I tried using mutt’s –a facility with just the encoded stuff but no go.
> Using it with just the stuff after Your Doc is no go.    Web search just
> gives me hit after hit about either how to read an attachment after it has
> been delivered or how to send an attachment in the first place and neither
> of those is my question.****
>
> ** **
>
> Again my question is how to get the EXISTING attachment out of the
> /var/spool/mqueue files.****
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
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>
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