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+ The program sets or changes value for the header to the given value
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+ The program sets or changes value for the header's parameter to the
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+ Append mask to the list of binary content types that will be not
+ content-transfer-decoded (will be left as base64 or such).
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Append mask to the list of binary content types; if the message to
- decode has a part of this type the program will pass the part as is,
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+ decode has a part of this type the program will
+ content-transfer-decode (base64 or whatever to 8bit binary) it but
+ pass the part as is, without any further processing.
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+ Append mask to a list of content types to save to a file;
+ --save-headers saves only decoded headers of the message (or
+ subpart); --save-body saves only decoded body; --save-message saves
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+ Set destination directory for the output files; the directory must
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- Useful to set the output file in case of redirected stdin:
+ Save output to the file related to the destination directory from
+ option -O. Also useful in case of redirected stdin:
mimedecode.py -o output_file < input_file
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- The 4 list options (-beit) require more explanation. They allow a user to
+ The 5 list options (-Bbeit) require more explanation. They allow a user to
control body decoding with great flexibility. Think about said mail archive;
for example, its maintainer wants to put there only texts, convert
Postscript/PDF to text, pass HTML and images as is, and ignore everything
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Initially all 4 lists are empty, so without any additional parameters
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+ The 3 save list options (--save-headers/body/message) are similar. They make
+ the program to save every non-multipart subpart (only headers, or body, or
+ the entire subpart) that corresponds to the given mask to a file. Before
+ saving the message (or the subpart) is decoded according to all other options
+ and placed to the output stream as usual. Filename for the file is created
+ using "filename" parameter from the Content-Disposition header, or "name"
+ parameter from the Content-Type header if one of those exist; a serial
+ counter is prepended to the filename to avoid collisions; if there are no
+ name/filename parameters, the filename is just the serial counter. The file
+ is saved in the directory set with -O (default is the current directory).
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