Joel Uckelman on 15 Jul 2003 01:08:01 -0000


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Re: [hosers-talk] attachments are annoying


Thus spake "Jon Stewart":
> Every once in a while, someone sends an email attachment to me. Herein is 
> the process I use to access an attachment:
> 
> 1. Run mhstore
> 2. ftp to charybdis
> 3. get the file
> 4. Rename it, because mhstore doesn't preserve the filename, even though 
> Mime has it.
> 5. Open it.
> 
> What I'd like to do:
> 
> 1. Forward the email to a different account, one that deals with 
> attachments gracefully.
> 2. Be happy.
> 
> Unfortunately, using "forw" seems to munge the email such that the 
> attachment will not be recognized.
> 
> Anyone know of a way around this?

1. forw -mime
2. What now? mime
3. What now? send


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