base-64 ignored

[gene heskett]

On Friday, 27 May 2022 14:23:26 EDT Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Freitag, 27. Mai 2022 19:29:25 CEST gene heskett wrote:
> > But base64 --decode file, outputs no errors, just the html for a web
> > display which I finally did get FF to display.  However in displaying
> > it, FF insists of adding another / to the 2 after the file: and an
> > F5 will NOT redisplay it, but remove the extra / and hit return
> > works.> 
> >  And that had no errors that the latest FF thought were worth
> >  displaying.> 
> > So I'm still bumfuzzled. Got to be a reason its not decoded and
> > displayed.
> 
> Okay, then let's try to analyze this further. Do the following:
> * Enable "Show Message Structure" in the Message menu.

> * Find the base64 encoded body part that KMail doesn't display and
> select it. What happens?
The msg structure window shows only the plain text component. Nothing 
else.

If the mime is supposed to be working, its not.
The message I previously quoted from has been deleted but this one has at 
least 2 mimetypes I'll see if I can find all 4 part labels in the v 
display: first from the header,
Content-Type: text/plain; boundary="----
=_Part_121881756_1312323874.1653566590298"; charset="US-ASCII"

------=_Part_121881756_1312323874.1653566590298
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
------=_Part_121881756_1312323874.1653566590298
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
------=_Part_121881756_1312323874.1653566590298--
which is interesting, only one end marker.  The first section looks like 
html stripped text,
the second section is appaently the same text with the html markup, and 
the last marker is the end of the raw msg.

> * Right-click on it and try the different actions (Save, Open, View,
> etc.). What does the saved body part look like, i.e. is it empty or
> the base64- encoded data or is it decoded?
looks like its decoded. lots of html markup.
> * What Properties does KMail show for the body part?
Plain text document

> Regards,
> Ingo


Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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