Re: [VM] Saving inline images

[Uday Reddy]

Robert Knighten writes:

> Occasionally I am sent email messages that include inline images.  My
> .vm has
> 
> (setq vm-mime-internal-content-types '("text" "message/rfc822" "image"))
> 
> and the images are usually (always?) displayed as part of the message.  Some
> times I also want to save the image and I usually do that by cutting out
> the relevant portion of the message - inevitably base64 encoded - then
> decoding and saving.  My problem at the moment is that I have gotten
> such a message which as usual displays nicely, but when I try to decode
> the base64 encoded jpeg image I get the error message "Invalid base64
> data".  An hour or so looking at the VM manual and prowling the web
> hasn't provide a solution.  Any suggestions?

Sounds like a bug.  If you are using the latest VM version (8.2.0b), then
please file a bug report and attach the message.  If you are not using the
latest version, then the first step would be to upgrade to it.

    http://launchpad.net/vm

Cheers,
Uday