X-Git-Url: https://git.phdru.name/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=mimedecode.docbook;h=746fedad5c3daaaa0a3c78c896a6f4b745e4d5f7;hb=29fcdcb768fbd333ee3aefa94336013bbcb6f298;hp=70b7a08602989dbb66533c6b3b8b37ad1d9252a3;hpb=f6a920be851f68c558e8f413ca63ffeddf850aea;p=mimedecode.git diff --git a/mimedecode.docbook b/mimedecode.docbook index 70b7a08..746feda 100644 --- a/mimedecode.docbook +++ b/mimedecode.docbook @@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ + + + @@ -81,42 +84,42 @@ much desirable. - It is a program to decode MIME messages. The program expects one input file -(either on the command line or on stdin) which is treated as an RFC822 message, -and decoded to stdout. If the file is not an RFC822 message it is just piped to -stdout as is. If the file is a simple RFC822 message it is just decoded as one -part. If it is a MIME message with multiple parts ("attachments") all parts are -decoded recursively. Decoding can be controlled by the 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. First, Subject and Content-Disposition headers are examined. If any of those -exists, it is decoded according to RFC2047. Content-Disposition header is not -decoded - only its "filename" parameter. Encoded header parameters violate -the RFC, but widely deployed anyway, especially in the M$ Ophice GUI (often -referred as "Windoze") world, where programmers are often ignorant lamers who -never even heard about RFCs. Correct parameter encoding specified by RFC2231. -This program decodes RFC2231-encoded parameters, too. + exists, it is decoded according to RFC2047. Content-Disposition header is + not decoded - only its "filename" parameter. Encoded header parameters + violate the RFC, but widely deployed anyway by ignorant coders who never + even heard about RFCs. Correct parameter encoding specified by RFC2231. This + program decodes RFC2231-encoded parameters, too. Then the body of the message (or the current part) is decoded. Decoding -starts with looking at header Content-Transfer-Encoding. If the header -specifies non-8bit encoding (usually base64 or quoted-printable), the body -converted to 8bit. Then, if its content type is multipart (multipart/related or -multipart/mixed, e.g) every part is recursively decoded. If it is not -multipart, mailcap database is consulted to find a way to convert the body to -plain text. (I have no idea how mailcap could be configured on said M$ Ophice -GUI, please don't ask me; real OS users can consult my example at -http://phdru.name/Software/dotfiles/mailcap.html). The decoding process uses -first copiousoutput filter it can find. If there is no any filter the body just -passed unconverted. + starts with looking at header Content-Transfer-Encoding. If the header + specifies non-8bit encoding (usually base64 or quoted-printable), the body + converted to 8bit. Then, if its content type is multipart (multipart/related + or multipart/mixed, e.g) every part is recursively decoded. If it is not + multipart, mailcap database is consulted to find a way to convert the body + to plain text. (I have no idea how mailcap can be configured on OSes other + than POSIX, please don't ask me; real OS users can consult my example at + http://phdru.name/Software/dotfiles/mailcap.html). + The decoding process uses the first copiousoutput filter it can find. If + there is no any filter the body just passed as is. - Then Content-Type header consulted for charset. If it is not equal to -current default charset the body text recoded. Finally message headers and body -flushed to stdout. + Then Content-Type header is consulted for charset. If it is not equal to the + current locale charset the body text is recoded. Finally message headers and + the body are flushed to stdout. @@ -163,12 +166,23 @@ flushed to stdout. + + -H hostname + --host=hostname + + + Use this hostname in X-MIME-Autoconverted headers instead of the + current hostname. + + + + -f charset Force this charset to be the current default charset instead of - sys.getdefaultencoding(). + the current locale. @@ -228,7 +242,7 @@ flushed to stdout. Append mask to the list of error content types; if the message to - decode has a part of this type the program will raise ValueError. + decode has a part of this type the program fails with ValueError. @@ -304,12 +318,14 @@ the program always uses the default decoding. ENVIRONMENT + + LANG + LC_ALL + LC_CTYPE + - LANG - LC_ALL - LC_CTYPE - Define current locale settings. Used to determine current default - charset (if your Python is properly installed and configured). + Define current locale settings. Used to determine current default charset (if + your Python is properly installed and configured). @@ -322,8 +338,8 @@ is to decode whatever it is possible to decode, not to produce absolutely correct MIME output. The incorrect parts are obvious - decoded Subject headers and filenames. Other than that output is correct MIME message. The program does not try to guess whether the headers are correct. For example, if a message -header states that charset is iso8859-5, but the body is actually in koi8-r - -the program will recode the message to the wrong charset. +header states that charset is iso8859-5, but the body is actually in utf-8 +the program will recode the message with the wrong charset. @@ -331,7 +347,9 @@ the program will recode the message to the wrong charset. AUTHOR - Oleg Broytman <phd@phdru.name> + Oleg + Broytman + phd@phdru.name @@ -339,7 +357,7 @@ the program will recode the message to the wrong charset. COPYRIGHT - Copyright (C) 2001-2014 PhiloSoft Design + Copyright (C) 2001-2014 PhiloSoft Design. @@ -366,7 +384,8 @@ the program will recode the message to the wrong charset. SEE ALSO - mimedecode.py home page: http://phdru.name/Software/Python/#mimedecode + mimedecode.py home page: + http://phdru.name/Software/Python/#mimedecode