On 26 October 2012 13:03, Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Recently I've noticed a trend to get some logs from yum updates that happen
> automatically that don't display. Looking at the message source, I see:

Something in the mail system is encoding this as base64 but not
putting in the mime headers to tell you that.. I don't think that this
is done via cron or yum so I would check to see how the postfix or
some option in between

http://www.opinionatedgeek.com/dotnet/tools/base64decode/

will show you the unencoded message.

> Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]>
> Delivered-To: [log in to unmask]
> Received: from xenhost.lan.crc.id.au (unknown
> [IPv6:2002:cb38:f71b:1:52e5:49ff:fe4d:4af6])
>         by mail.crc.id.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9566D9E
>         for <[log in to unmask]>; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:12:57 +1100 (EST)
> Received: by xenhost.lan.crc.id.au (Postfix)
>         id CC9A412A; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:12:56 +1100 (EST)
> Delivered-To: [log in to unmask]
> Received: by xenhost.lan.crc.id.au (Postfix, from userid 0)
>         id BE3B614D; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:12:56 +1100 (EST)
> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:12:56 +1100
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: YUM:xenhost.lan.crc.id.au:2012-10-27
> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: application/octet-stream
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]>
> From: [log in to unmask] (root)
>
> IC0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tCiBZVU0gLSBzZWN1cml0eQogLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t
> LS0tLS0KCj09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09
> PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09CiBQYWNrYWdlICAgICAgICAgICAg
> ICAgQXJjaCAgICAgICAgICBWZXJzaW9uICAgICAgICAgICAgUmVwb3NpdG9yeSAgICAgICAg
> IFNpemUKPT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09
> PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT0KVXBkYXRpbmc6CiB4ZW4gICAgICAg
> ICAgICAgICAgICAgeDg2XzY0ICAgICAgICA0LjIuMC00LmVsNiAgICAgICAga2VybmVsLXhl
> biAgICAgICAgMS4wIE0KIHhlbi1kb2MgICAgICAgICAgICAgICB4ODZfNjQgICAgICAgIDQu
> Mi4wLTQuZWw2ICAgICAgICBrZXJuZWwteGVuICAgICAgICA5ODIgawogeGVuLWh5cGVydmlz
> b3IgICAgICAgIHg4Nl82NCAgICAgICAgNC4yLjAtNC5lbDYgICAgICAgIGtlcm5lbC14ZW4g
> ICAgICAgIDQuMyBNCiB4ZW4tbGlicyAgICAgICAgICAgICAgeDg2XzY0ICAgICAgICA0LjIu
> MC00LmVsNiAgICAgICAga2VybmVsLXhlbiAgICAgICAgMzQ0IGsKIHhlbi1saWNlbnNlcyAg
> ICAgICAgICB4ODZfNjQgICAgICAgIDQuMi4wLTQuZWw2ICAgICAgICBrZXJuZWwteGVuICAg
> ICAgICAgNDUgawogeGVuLXJ1bnRpbWUgICAgICAgICAgIHg4Nl82NCAgICAgICAgNC4yLjAt
> NC5lbDYgICAgICAgIGtlcm5lbC14ZW4gICAgICAgIDUuNyBNCgpUcmFuc2FjdGlvbiBTdW1t
> YXJ5Cj09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09
> PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09ClVwZ3JhZGUgICAgICAgNiBQYWNrYWdl
> KHMpCgpUb3RhbCBkb3dubG9hZCBzaXplOiAxMiBNClN0b3BwaW5nIHhlbmNvbnNvbGVkIGRh
> ZW1vbjogWyAgT0sgIF0NClN0YXJ0aW5nIHhlbmNvbnNvbGVkIGRhZW1vbjogWyAgT0sgIF0N
> ClN0b3BwaW5nIHhlbmQgZGFlbW9uOiBbICBPSyAgXQ0KU3RhcnRpbmcgeGVuZCBkYWVtb246
> IFsgIE9LICBdDQoKVXBkYXRlZDoKICB4ZW4ueDg2XzY0IDA6NC4yLjAtNC5lbDYgICAgICAg
> ICAgICAgICAgIHhlbi1kb2MueDg2XzY0IDA6NC4yLjAtNC5lbDYgICAgICAgICAKICB4ZW4t
> aHlwZXJ2aXNvci54ODZfNjQgMDo0LjIuMC00LmVsNiAgICAgIHhlbi1saWJzLng4Nl82NCAw
> OjQuMi4wLTQuZWw2ICAgICAgICAKICB4ZW4tbGljZW5zZXMueDg2XzY0IDA6NC4yLjAtNC5l
> bDYgICAgICAgIHhlbi1ydW50aW1lLng4Nl82NCAwOjQuMi4wLTQuZWw2ICAgICAKCgo=
>
> The message that is in my cron folder shows as blank. While I'm not an
> expert in email formatting, is it possible the encoding is incorrect causing
> it not to display properly? This one isn't really my field of expertise...
>
> --
> Steven Haigh
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Web: http://www.crc.id.au
> Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
> Fax: (03) 8338 0299
>



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"Years ago my mother used to say to me,... Elwood, you must be oh
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recommend pleasant. You may quote me."  —James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd