Re: How to get mails out of the BTS?

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 10:15:51AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > is there a better way to get mails out of the BTS than cut&paste? This
> > > would be especially useful for mails with binary attachments.
> > 
> > Yes, you can send the mail server (request@bugs.debian.org) a message 
> > like this:
> > 
> > send-detail <bugnumber>
> > stop
> >...
> 
> Unfortunately, attachments are not sent as attachments but as seen on the
> website. How can I convert an attachment to the original file?

Have a look at the metamail program.

   Julian

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