Classic ASP

Convert 8-bit MIME Parts to Base64

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.Convert8Bit method, which recursively converts every part whose Content-Transfer-Encoding is 8bit or binary to base64. It takes no arguments and is a void method.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: The original SMTP standard only guaranteed 7-bit transport, and some legacy servers still reject or mangle raw 8-bit and binary content. Converting those parts to base64 — a 7-bit-safe encoding — makes the whole message safe to relay through such systems without loss. It walks the entire tree, so a multipart message with several offending parts is fixed in one call.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

set mime = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/message.eml")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mime.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Recursively convert every part whose Content-Transfer-Encoding is 8bit or binary to base64.
'  This makes the MIME safe to transmit over channels that only support 7-bit text (such as some
'  legacy SMTP servers).
mime.Convert8Bit 

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "8bit/binary parts converted to base64.") & "</pre>"
mimeText = mime.GetMime()
If (mime.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mime.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mimeText) & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>