How do I open .MIME format files?

[Joe Holder]

I have received a number of .MIME files in Email. When I open them, I only have a jumble of letters. How can I convert .MIME files to a readable format?

[JakeA]

Winzip7.0 will do it. Download the evaluation version, it's free. http://www.winzip.com

[Joe Holder]

Thanks Jake. I'll try that.

Joe

[Paul Rowe]

How do I open mime e-mails?

[Paul Rowe]

I have been receving a lot of .mime e mails that i can't open,can you help me with this problem? thanks Paul

[SpywareDr]

http://www.winzip.com/xaol.htm

How do I use WinZip to process AOL e-mail attachments?

WinZip can be used to decode certain e-mail attachments (known as "MIME-encoded") that are not handled by AOL e-mail services.

When you install the current release of WinZip using the standard installation options, the installation procedure automatically associates WinZip with MIME-encoded files. This will allow you to open a MIME-encoded file with WinZip simply by double clicking it in My Computer or Windows Explorer. If you are not running the current release, we recommend that you obtain the upgrade to the current release before attempting to decode your e-mail attachment. To see what release of WinZip you have using the Classic interface, choose About WinZip... from the Help menu; using the WinZip Wizard, click About on the first Wizard screen.

Once you have the current release of WinZip installed, you can use it to decode the contents of MIME-encoded files, much as you would extract the contents of Zip files.

Here is a quick example of how to decode files that are encoded within the .MIM file: [...continues...]

[Welshjim]

From a galaxy far, far away
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/arc...p/t-74788.html

P.S. In WinZip you would use File|Open Archive.