How do I view a file attached to an e-mail message?
Save the attachment to a separate file in your work directory. In Pine, press E to export the message to a file. In the Freeport mail reader, press the > key. If the file is a binary file, you’ll have to download it to your computer to run it with the intended program, but it might be a worm, so if you decide to take the risk of downloading it to your computer you should always scan it with an up-to-date anti-virus program first! If a binary file was encoded to pass through systems that can handle only 7-bit ASCII e-mail, then you’ll have to download the file to your computer and run the appropriate decoding program first, to change it back into its original binary form. In an encoded attachment, typically you’ll see a notation like UUENCODE or MIME. Type “go download” to transfer the message to your computer. Then use a program like uudecode, munpack or Wincode to decode the attachment back to its original binary format. SCN’s software download area has a selection of public domain, f
