.Dd November 16, 1996
.Dt MIMESPLIT 1
.Os NetBSD 1.4T
.Sh NAME
.Nm mimesplit
.Nd MIME message cracking utility
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar filename
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a small tool designed to break apart MIME multipart messages.  The
file named on the command line is assumed to contain a message in
RFC822/RFC2822 format with MIME headers (see RFC1521).  It is broken up
into its parts.  Each part is processed according to its type.
Multipart types are broken up and each part prompted for separately.
Text types are given the option of simply printing the text, of running
it through
.Pf \&$ Dv PAGER ,
or of saving it to a file.  Message types are treated similarly to text
types, except the prompt is slightly different, to distinguish.  Image
and application types are also recognized; for them, the only option is
to save to a file.  Once all parts are processed,
.Nm
exits.
.Sh AUTHOR
der Mouse,
.Aq mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca .