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Re: Problem with extracing attachments from S/MIME mails



* Udo Schweigert <mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004-08-30 17:52]:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 15:08:47 +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > there's a big problem with S/MIME encrypted mails created with
> > Microsoft Outlook Express that contains attachment: the attachment
> > cannot be extraced!
> > 
> > The pager shows correcty
> > 
> > [-- Die folgenden Daten sind S/MIME signiert --]
> > [-- Anhang #1 --]
> > [-- Typ: multipart/alternative, Kodierung: 7bit, Größe: 0,6K --]
> > 
> > test
> > [-- Anhang #2: startcygwin.bat --]
> > [-- Typ: application/octet-stream, Kodierung: 7bit, Größe: 0,1K --]
> > 
> > but in the attachment menu (`v'), there's only a file smime.p7m.
> 
> I only have this problem if the message is both: encrypted and signed.

Same here.

> I don't know wether it is possible to work around that ...
> As I get those very rarely I decrypt and verify such a message outside of
> mutt and then merge in the result (with some deletion of Content-... headers)
> via mutt's "edit message" command.

There's an easier way: "Save as unencrypted". Then you can view and
extract the attachments.

But: It's simply a bug and it need to be fixed.


Gruß,
Bernhard

-- 
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