EML files are a problem for some of my users on Ubuntu. They receive these as Email attachments but can only view them as text (usually in gedit) even if they contain pictures. The senders are probably using Outlook Express or a related mail application to attach them. While some non-Microsoft mail clients can open them properly this is a hassle for my users as they all use web mail. There is a command-line tool, munpack, that will extract non-text objects automatically (part of the mpack package in Ubuntu/Debian). To make it easier for them I wrote a little script that integrates munpack with their file manager via a mime type association. To use it, download munpack_eml and extract the files. Put munpack_eml in /usr/local/bin with root ownership and u=rwx,go=rx (0755) permissions. Put munpack_eml.desktop in /usr/local/share/applicatons with root ownership and u=rw,go=r (0644) permissions. Then right-click on any *.eml file from your file manager and you should see and option to extract the contents with munpack.
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Regardless of which email reader app one uses on linux, there are times we want or need to "Save All" for an email thread and its attachments. HINT: Using EPUB format might be interesting.
Once saved, one clearly needs to be able to retrieve things AND to access the included attachments.
There are still times when one needs to make (1)dead-tree copies, or (2) PDF copies of the whole thing.
It would be nice if these activities were easy to accomplish and available for the majority of email readers.
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