gnus base64 encoding incoming binary attachment

gnus base64 encoding incoming binary attachment

[Peter Lee]

I was recently sent a license key (binary file) for some software and
when I received it, the key was base64 encoded and inserted at the
bottom of the original message instead of as an attachment that I
could save.

<snip>
Ascii part of original message.
</snip>
------=_NextPart_000_8332_2241A0040.81D9D7900
Content-Disposition: attachment;
	filename="LICENSE.KEY"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
	name="LICENSE.KEY"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

<snip>
base64 encoded key
</snip>

------=_NextPart_000_8332_2241A0040.81D9D7900--


Is there a way to decode and save this portion of the message to a
file ?

TIA.

Re: gnus base64 encoding incoming binary attachment

[Jesper Harder]

Peter Lee <pete_lee@swbell.net> writes:

> I was recently sent a license key (binary file) for some software and
> when I received it, the key was base64 encoded and inserted at the
> bottom of the original message instead of as an attachment that I
> could save.
>
> Is there a way to decode and save this portion of the message to a
> file ?

`W 6' (gnus-article-de-base64-unreadable) might work.

Otherwise you could mark the base64-encoded region and do `M-x
base64-decode-region'.