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RE: Mail clients attaching files (was Re: [SOLVED] How to reduce a debian system to a base system)



Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:29:05 -0500 <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>
> On 2010-03-22 21:56, Mike Viau wrote:
> > Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:29:01 -0400 <mlaks@post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 23:37 Fri 19 Mar , Mike Viau wrote:
> > > > > > My output with the suggestion above.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > debian:~# dpkg --dry-run --purge $(join -v2 <(awk '{if
> > ($2=="install")
> > > > > > print $1}' < debian-5.04-base-selections | sort) <(dpkg
> > --get-selections |
> > > > > > awk '{if ($2=="install") print $1}' | sort)) bash: command
> > substitution:
> > >
> > > I like your idea.
> >
> > Credit goes out to Mike Bird </mgb/-/debian/@/yosemite/./net/>
> > +1
> >
> > > Would you post the file debian-5.04-base-selections or give us a
> > reference?
> >
> > Attached for you convenience!
> > sourced from: Debian Lenny
> >
>
> Next time you attach such a file, I suggest that you add a ".txt" so
> that your email/webmail app knows that it is a text file, instead of
> base64 encoded application/octet-stream.
>
> (Iceweasel/Thunderbird seems to "peek" into it, probably using some
> built-in libmagic and knows to set the attachment to be inline
> text/plain. Don't know what Mutt, Sylpheed, KMail and Evolution do.)
>
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Thanks for the information, I wasn't aware of that...



-M


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