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Emails with this attachment silently fail
I recently had someone (@comcast.net) try to email me (@gmail.com and @something.edu) including in their email 3 text files and a .docx file. The email never reached me and they never received any ...
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Utility for extracting MIME attachments
I am looking for a command-line tool for Unix (ideally, available in a Debian / Ubuntu package) for extracting all MIME parts from a multipart email message (or the body from a singlepart with an ...
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Downloading only images using curl or wget?
UPDATED:
I've found using this Bash script fixes the problem of having GIF files with a .jpg extension.
I'm attempting to download images from a forum who's url uses the following format:
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How to configure MIME type associations for Safari 5.1?
I want to edit the MIME type settings for Safari so I could use MediaWiki's method to automatically edit text in an external editor, or more specifically, so I can change the associated application ...
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How can I tell how many bytes a block of text in an email takes up?
I'm trying to find out how many bytes of data a PORTION of an email is taking up (not the whole email). How can I find this out?
Maybe there's something in a text editor like notepad++ that could ...
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How can I see the plain text version of a MIME email?
I'm building an App that will send HTML emails. I compose MIME formatted email. I want to test both versions of the content (Html and Plain text) : Is there a way to see the plain/text version of the ...
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Modify Firefox mimetypes.rdf to prompt Open With for application/octet-stream
Some web-servers intentionally or inadvertently use the application/octet-stream mime-type for files where either the actual mime-type isn't known or when they are incorrectly configured. Or perhaps ...
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Why would IIS 5.1 (Windows XP) not produce the correct MIME type for css files?
I'm doing some HTML pages which include a style sheet and some server side includes. Now, I want to set up a laptop so I can work on it; the machine has Windows XP and IIS 5.1. I have set up a ...
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Only output curl result dependent on mime-type
Is it possible to make curl only save the output of curl -o if the file is of a certain mime-type?
For example, I might use the following command to download a bunch of images off a server...
curl ...
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Linux software for printing message/* or multipart/* files to a printer
Which software can I use if I want to print a file with mime-type message/* or multipart/* (eg: message/rfc822, multipart/mixed etc, eml/hta files and such) to a physical printer (laser printer / ...
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Handling files without an extension
I'd like to know how Windows XP, Vista and 7 handle files without a file extension. I'd test it myself, but I don't have access to a Windows machine currently.
To my knowledge, Windows XP throws up ...
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Determine the mime type when downloading a file
I want to view the mime type when I am downloading a file. How can I do this? (I am using Firefox at the moment, but I can download another browser if necessary)
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file -i returns wrong mime type for an mp3 with integrated image-thumbnail
If i enter
$ file -i music.mp3
it returns
music.mp3: application/octet-stream; charset=binary
If i wipe all tags and image in this file it recognises MIME type correctly.
music.mp3: audio/mpeg; ...
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Why Does DreamWeaver CS5 Discriminate between File Extensions, Even After Modding Mime Types?
Hi folks, Even After I forced DreamWeaver CS5 to allow opening of .ast extensions as a MIME type of php5, which DreamWeaver now opens and colors correctly as described here, I still have trouble ...
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What is the simplest web server I can operate which also allows configuring mime-types?
I would like a dead-simple web/file server (ideally, something no more complicated than "run this command with these flags") which also allows specifying mime-types based on file extensions. Something ...
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Apache error responding to OpenID clent login with content negotiation
Superuser OpenID login sends a request like this:
telnet phor.net 80
GET /professional HTTP/1.0
Accept:text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xrds+xml`
And my Apache server gives the error:
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MIME Formatting issue
I have a question regarding MIME formatting and emails. Every now and again I get this kind of message come through. What could be causing it and what possible fix could I implement? The client is ...
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mime decoder for windows
Is there a (preferably command-line) MIME decoder available for windows (like ripMIME for *nix)?
Someone sent me a MIME encoded message (this one with multiple MIME parts) that Google mail nor ...
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Thunderbird uses wrong attachment mime type on Windows Vista
Thunderbird running on Windows Vista has usually sent Microsoft Word documents as mime type application/msword, which as I understand is correct. However, now it has suddenly decided to send Word ...
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Mime-type problems with IE and wikipedia
If I search for something on wikipedia with google and try to click through to one of the articles, IE8 prompts me to download the page as it doesn't understand the mime-type.
This has not always ...
