TNEF decoder

[David Isaac]

I'm aware of

http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/pytnef/

but it uses the tnef utility, and I'd like a pure Python solution
(along the lines of http://www.freeutils.net/source/jtnef/ ).

Is there one?

Thanks,
Alan Isaac

[Simon Forman]

Re: TNEF decoder

David Isaac wrote:

I'm aware of

http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/pytnef/

but it uses the tnef utility, and I'd like a pure Python solution
(along the lines of http://www.freeutils.net/source/jtnef/ ).
>
Is there one?
>
Thanks,
Alan Isaac

A place I once worked at had a project that included some TNEF
handling. There was one developer assigned fulltime to it. He was the
one who sat at his desk hurling curses at his workstation at the top of
his lungs, later he developed a pretty severe drinking problem.

Good luck.

HTH,
~Simon

[hg]

Re: TNEF decoder

Simon Forman wrote:

David Isaac wrote:

>I'm aware of
>http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/pytnef/
>but it uses the tnef utility, and I'd like a pure Python solution
>(along the lines of http://www.freeutils.net/source/jtnef/ ).
>>
>Is there one?
>>
>Thanks,
>Alan Isaac

>
A place I once worked at had a project that included some TNEF
handling. There was one developer assigned fulltime to it. He was the
one who sat at his desk hurling curses at his workstation at the top of
his lungs, later he developed a pretty severe drinking problem.
>
Good luck.
>
HTH,
~Simon
>

You mean he stopped ?

[Hendrik van Rooyen]

Re: TNEF decoder

"Simon Forman" <rogue_pedro@ya hoo.comwrote:

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| A place I once worked at had a project that included some TNEF
| handling. There was one developer assigned fulltime to it. He was the
| one who sat at his desk hurling curses at his workstation at the top of
| his lungs, later he developed a pretty severe drinking problem.


Should I take this to mean: " Don't go near TNEF because your underwear will
become carnivorous and consume your genitalia? "

- Hendrik

[Steve Holden]

Re: TNEF decoder

Hendrik van Rooyen wrote:

"Simon Forman" <rogue_pedro@ya hoo.comwrote:
>
8<-----------------------------
>
>
| A place I once worked at had a project that included some TNEF
| handling. There was one developer assigned fulltime to it. He was the
| one who sat at his desk hurling curses at his workstation at the top of
| his lungs, later he developed a pretty severe drinking problem.
>
>
Should I take this to mean: " Don't go near TNEF because your underwear will
become carnivorous and consume your genitalia? "
>

When you think about it, the top of your lungs is a very strange place
to keep a workstation!

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Steve
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[Simon Forman]

Re: TNEF decoder

Hendrik van Rooyen wrote:

"Simon Forman" <rogue_pedro@ya hoo.comwrote:
>
8<-----------------------------
>
>
| A place I once worked at had a project that included some TNEF
| handling. There was one developer assigned fulltime to it. He was the
| one who sat at his desk hurling curses at his workstation at the top of
| his lungs, later he developed a pretty severe drinking problem.
>
>
Should I take this to mean: " Don't go near TNEF because your underwear will
become carnivorous and consume your genitalia? "
>
- Hendrik

Hahahaha!

In fairness, TNEF was only a small-ish part of what was slowly
driving this poor guy crazy in front of our eyes. He was trying to
make some sort of server that integrated with the Evolution "groupware"
thingy. I don't know much more than that because I stayed the hell
away from it.

FWIW, our tnef, um, "parser" or whatever it was started with one of the
brightest guys (in a shop of pretty bright guys, yours truly excepted
;P) spending *months* with outlook (or whatever) and a hex editor:
change one thing, export tnef, see what changed in the binary data,
repeat...

Remarkably, he did not descend to drinking. I don't know the state of
his genitals though..

Peace,
~Simon