X-Git-Url: https://git.phdru.name/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=a2be0e5e5959396fb85445cfff714d7b04a1231b;hb=c8623aa92c99464cd2405d31c376fa3da844c3e4;hp=36073427eaf7ec03810877463cf7736cee344a4a;hpb=a10c1c59177d563a74e135e414eadef32fea4b0b;p=mimedecode.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 3607342..a2be0e5 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,46 +1,46 @@ - mimedecode.py + mimedecode WHAT IS IT Mail users, especially in non-English countries, often find that mail messages arrived in different formats, with different content types, in -different encodings and charsets. Usually this is good because it allows us to -use appropriate format/encoding/whatever. Sometimes, though, some unification -is desirable. For example, one may want to put mail messages into an archive, -make HTML indices, run search indexer, etc. In such situations converting -messages to text in one character set and skipping some binary attachments is -much desirable. +different encodings and charsets. Usually this is good because it allows +us to use appropriate format/encoding/whatever. Sometimes, though, some +unification is desirable. For example, one may want to put mail messages +into an archive, make HTML indices, run search indexer, etc. In such +situations converting messages to text in one character set and skipping +some binary attachments is much desirable. - Here is the solution - mimedecode.py. + Here is the solution - mimedecode. - This is a program to decode MIME messages. The program expects one input -file (either on command line or on stdin) which is treated as an RFC822 -message, and decodes to stdout or an output file. If the file is not an RFC822 -message it is just copied to the output one-to-one. If the file is a simple -RFC822 message it is decoded as one part. If it is a MIME message with multiple -parts ("attachments") all parts are decoded. Decoding can be controlled by -command-line options. + This is a program to decode MIME messages. The program expects one +input file (either on command line or on stdin) which is treated as an +RFC822 message, and decodes to stdout or an output file. If the file is +not an RFC822 message it is just copied to the output one-to-one. If the +file is a simple RFC822 message it is decoded as one part. If it is a +MIME message with multiple parts ("attachments") all parts are decoded. +Decoding can be controlled by command-line options. + Think about said mail archive; for example, its maintainer wants to +put there only texts, convert PDF/Postscript to text, pass HTML and +images decoding base64 to html but leaving images encoded, and ignore +everything else. This is how it could be done: -Version 2.8.0 (2017-10-??) + mimedecode -t application/pdf -t application/postscript -t text/plain -b text/html -B 'image/*' -i '*/*' - Python 3. - Monkey-patch email.message._formatparam under Python 3: - replace it with _formatparam from Python 2.7 - to avoid re-encoding non-ascii params. +Version 3.0.0 (2019-02-01) - Fix: do not decode bytes to unicode under Python 2.7. + Python 3.7. - Stop supporting Python 2.6. - - Code cleanup: fixed flake8 errors and warnings. + Drop support for Python 3.3. WHERE TO GET - Home page: http://phdru.name/Software/Python/#mimedecode - git clone http://git.phdru.name/mimedecode.git + Home page: https://phdru.name/Software/Python/#mimedecode + git clone https://github.com/phdru/mimedecode.git + git clone https://git.phdru.name/mimedecode.git git clone git://git.phdru.name/mimedecode.git Requires: Python 2.7 or Python 3.4+, m_lib.defenc 1.0+. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ WHERE TO GET Recommends: configured mailcap database. - Documentation: http://phdru.name/Software/Python/mimedecode.html + Documentation: https://phdru.name/Software/Python/mimedecode.html (also included in the package in html, man and txt formats). @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ AUTHOR Oleg Broytman COPYRIGHT - Copyright (C) 2001-2017 PhiloSoft Design. + Copyright (C) 2001-2018 PhiloSoft Design. LICENSE GPL