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How to view mails sent as attached files in Mail.app?

As the title says I can't see what is inside attached message. When I open there only unreadable symbols. However, I can easily open it with a browser based Mail agent.

Is it possible to somehow fix it?


iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 25, 2022 11:15 AM

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Posted on Jan 25, 2022 6:05 PM

Something is wrong with the formatting. If you can see it from the web, that’s likely the best you can do. Does it happen for every message with an attachment?

Those attachments appear to be raw messages. I don’t think Mail will decode raw message encodings that didn’t come in as an actual message. There are online base64 encoder/decoders you could paste that text into, but since you can get to it from the web portal, there’s no point.

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Jan 25, 2022 6:05 PM in response to dilshad211

Something is wrong with the formatting. If you can see it from the web, that’s likely the best you can do. Does it happen for every message with an attachment?

Those attachments appear to be raw messages. I don’t think Mail will decode raw message encodings that didn’t come in as an actual message. There are online base64 encoder/decoders you could paste that text into, but since you can get to it from the web portal, there’s no point.

How to view mails sent as attached files in Mail.app?

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