Bug 25170

Summary:	Feature request: Please add option to allow automatically decode tnef attachments (ms-tnef, outlook, attachment, mime)
Product:	[Applications] kmail	Reporter:	ericrch
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	RedHat Enterprise Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description ericrch 2001-05-03 22:15:59 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           kmail
Version:           KDE 2.1.1 
Severity:          wishlist
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
Compiler:          Not Specified
OS:                Linux
OS/Compiler notes: This is OS agnostic I've seen is actually a feature issue

NOTE: This is related to bug #21988

MS OutLook and family send "ms-tnef" attachments.  These are broken MIME encoded attachments that hold formatting information and what other email programs think of as attachments.  

The formating info is a waste but if you want to get the doc and xls files that your MS using co-worker mails you then you need to decode the attachment.

I found tnef (CLI app) and fentun (X app) which can both decode these files however it is a manual process and I am never certain if there is any real attachment in the thing.

REQUEST:  I would like to have a method of automatically piping attachments through a user defined decoder.  (This might be handy for automating pgp or other decoding as well.)

Thanks!
Eric Holcomb
ericrch at speakeasy.org

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)

Comment 1 Daniel Naber 2001-05-03 22:42:58 UTC

On Friday 04 May 2001 00:15 ericrch@speakeasy.org wrote:

> REQUEST: =A0I would like to have a method of automatically piping
> attachments through a user defined decoder.

You can do that with filters ("filter app").

Regards
 Daniel

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