What is a VDHL document (text/x-vdhl)

Geoffrey Leach geoff at hughes.net
Sat Dec 13 22:23:24 UTC 2008


On 12/13/2008 12:50:42 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > With the installation of rkhunter-1.3.2-5.fc10.noarch, my Daily Run
> > email (generated by cron) is being sent as a VDHL document (text/x-
> > vdhl).  The script is sending the output of rkhunter with /bin/
> mail.
> > 
> > Can anyone say what a VDHL doc is and how one opens it?
> 
> I suspect this is simply an incorrect MIME type. Have you tried
> opening the
> file with a simple text editor such as KWrite or GEdit?

Hi Kevin.

You would be correct. It's a Base64 enclosure, generated by /bin/mail 
because the input had some 8-bit data. base64 decoded it correctly.

Thanks.





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