Yes, I will ask them to use google drive in future, but I really need to transfer old attachments also. :)
Eero 31.12.2017 20.52 "Maarten" <mailingli...@feedmebits.nl> kirjoitti: > Well attachments shouldn't be bigger than 50M anyways, 25M is already big. > If you want to send files bigger than 50M you should look > > another way to have users share files, like a file transer service. > > On 12/31/2017 07:41 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > > 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. >> >> >
