Well, case is that I want to migrate from postfix to google g-suite and they don't accept mails bigger than 50M.
So, I need to strip and save old attachments and upload them to google drive. (stupid limit, but it exists without change to modify it) Eero Eero 31.12.2017 20.21 "@lbutlr" <krem...@kreme.com> kirjoitti: > On 31 Dec 2017, at 09:43, Bill Cole <postfixlists-070913@billmail. > scconsult.com> wrote: > > On 31 Dec 2017, at 10:24 (-0500), Voytek wrote: > >> On Mon, January 1, 2018 1:19 am, Alex JOST wrote: > >>> Am 29.12.2017 um 21:15 schrieb Eero Volotinen: > > >>>> A bit offtopic, but I need cli-tool to remove attachments from > specific > >>>> maildir messages, so how to do that? > > >>> The Thunderbird add-on 'AttachmentExtractor' should be able to do that, > >>> but I don't know if it still works with recent versions of Thunderbird > as > >>> it hasn't been updated in a long time. > > >>> As Bill already noted such operations should be considered wisely. > Wrong > >>> manipulation of the message can make it unreadable. Backups are > mandatory. > > >> I'm happy to be corrected here, but, I'm fairly certain I have done so > in > >> the past, with no ill effect, and, one can always copy the actual file > to > >> a new file, anyhow. > >> > >> it was i think uudecode ? first for uuencoded emails, and, munpack for > >> mime encoded, something like 'munpack email_file': > > > Yes, but that does not *remove* the attachments from the existing > message file. It extracts decoded copies of the attachments. The original > message file is unmodified. > > I think using dovecot and sieve would be possible to do this, but as > others have said this seems to be trying to solve the wrong problem. > > If the attachments are not wanted, it seems unlikely the mail itself is > wanted, better to reject. > > -- > Wally: That's my nickname, "Waly" with one el. Dilbert: Who calls you > that? Wally: Most people, they just don't realize it. > >
