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On 7 Feb 1997, Justin Sheehy wrote:

> >>>>> "Eze" == Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> Eze> Does anyone know how to extract a file that has been MIME
> Eze> encoded, e.g.  an RTF format file or a Word document?
> 
> 
> You want the package "tm".  Get it from
> <URL:ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/GNU/elisp/mime/> if you don't have it.
> If you do, the manual is fairly straightforward.
> 
> As far as actually _reading_ the Word document, I can't help you.

Thanks but I only need to extract files. I'll give "tm" a try. 

Eze.