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The internet has not been helpful this time. I have a zip archive that also has a p7m extension. How can I lose that extension so that I can view the files? Any help is appreciated.



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  • a p7m file is an encrypted attachment. decrypting it would make sense to me.
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The internet has not been helpful this time. I have a zip archive that also has a p7m extension. How can I lose that extension so that I can view the files? Any help is appreciated.



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  • a p7m file is an encrypted attachment. decrypting it would make sense to me.
    – Elder Geek
    Feb 27 '15 at 21:01


















  • a p7m file is an encrypted attachment. decrypting it would make sense to me.
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a p7m file is an encrypted attachment. decrypting it would make sense to me.
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a p7m file is an encrypted attachment. decrypting it would make sense to me.
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p7m is an encryption format that is often used for email attachments.



I was also not able to find a Linux tool that is able to open that file type after a quick google research. However, there exist some tools for Windows (e.g. Cryptigo p7mViewer) or OSX.



What you could try if you have no access to a computer running Windows/OSX is to install the Windows emulator wine and try to install a Windows viewer in there. I can't tell you whether this would work, but it is worth a try, if that file is important for you.



Another possible solution could be to install Claws Mail, a mail program for Ubuntu, and this plugin. I am not sure whether that allows you to view those .p7m files with that mail program either, I just got this hint from @Toroidal in the chat.






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    Would you tell me which option you tried?
    – Byte Commander
    Feb 27 '15 at 21:11










  • I didn't try any, my mother tried Cryptigo and she said it's ok.
    – JaUnCpp
    Mar 5 '15 at 11:50










  • I would take issue with "often used"...in 30 years of using email I just came across my first p7m attachment today.
    – Peter Flynn
    Nov 16 '17 at 15:35


















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Create a small shell script like this one:



#!/bin/bash
openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in "$1" -print_certs -out "$1.pem"
openssl smime -verify -in "$1" -inform der -noverify -signer "$1.pem" -out "$1.pdf" 2>/dev/null
rm "$1.pem"
evince "$1.pdf"
rm "$1.pdf



  1. Make it executable

  2. Select "open with other application"

  3. Choose the small script created above

  4. Done.






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  • These commands worked for me. Although the output wasn't a PDF file - it was just plain text.
    – ngm
    Mar 31 '17 at 19:56






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    unable to load PKCS7 object 140140624967320:error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag:tasn_dec.c:1197: 140140624967320:error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error:tasn_dec.c:374:Type=PKCS7
    – Peter Flynn
    Nov 16 '17 at 15:40


















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Unfortunately, none of these answers worked for me. The attachment showed up in gmail's web interface as smime.p7m, and in Thunderbird (which I can now get rid of since it didn't help) as winmail.dat.



Quickly, as a list of commands, what worked for me was the following (assuming you downloaded the smime.p7m into ~/Downloads):



sudo apt install mpack tnef
cd ~/Downloads
munpack smime.p7m
tnef winmail.dat
ls -lt
rm mail.eml winmail.dat


To determine if this will even help you:




  • just install mpack

  • run munpack on the smime.p7m file

  • A new file should appear (perhaps named winmail.dat). If this is the case, run:


file winmail.dat # or whatever the new filename




  • if "winmail.dat: Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format" appears, install tnef and complete as listed above.

  • if that completes successfully, you should now have your zip archive in the same directory.

  • otherwise, this answer won't help:


sudo apt remove mpack tnef



Sources:



FIX Gmail smime.p7m and tnef open mail (with winmail.dat)



How to open winmail.dat files on Ubuntu and Debian Linux






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  • Using Debian 6 (Squeeze), I was able to open up an "smime.p7m" file that had been zipped by a Windows sender. First, I unzipped said zip file using unzip, then, from the above-mentioned "mpack" package, I used the above-mentioned mumpack command on the resultant "smime.p7m" file. Out popped the two enclosed jpg files, immediately suitable for viewing in my jpg viewer.
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    Nov 24 '16 at 21:06




















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This is how S/Mime works, it enc/sign a mail, and sends it as an attachment.
Thunderbird and Evolution mail clients are both famous clients that are able to show s/mime attachments.
Also there are good informations on this question How to obtain a S/MIME certificate for e-mail encryption?






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    Another solution, inspired from the previous user3801675's script.



    Create a small shell script, in ~/bin directory named p7m.sh like this one:



    #!/bin/bash
    #set -x
    outdir="$1.out"
    filename="${1##*/}" #extract filename, without path
    outfile=$outdir/${filename/.p7m/}
    mkdir $outdir
    openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in "$1" -print_certs -out "$outdir/signer.pem"
    openssl smime -verify -in "$1" -inform der -noverify -signer "$outdir/signer.pem" -out "$outfile" 2>/dev/null
    xdg-open "$outfile"
    #if you don't need extracted file uncoment the following line
    #rm "$outdir/signer.pem"; rm "$outfile"; rmdir $outdir



    1. Make it executable chmod +x ~/bin/p7m.sh

    2. from a shell use the command ~/bin/p7m.sh filename.pdf.p7m


    or




    1. From the file manager select filename.pdf.p7m and using mouse right click choose "open with other application"

    2. Choose the small script created above
      Done.


    Usually the received file (attachment) has the extension p7m as in



    filename.pdf.p7m 


    The proposed script first creates the subdirectory



    filename.pdf.p7m.out/


    then extracts the key-file signer.pem and the file filename.pdf removing the extension .p7m



    The two file are saved in the previously created folder.



    The extracted file filename.pdf is opened using xdg-open instead of evince, because xdg-open can open all kind of file using the correct application based on file type.






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    • Where do I get pkcs7?
      – Peter Flynn
      Nov 16 '17 at 15:45










    • @PeterFlynn what do you mean? pkcs7 is a standard, not a software
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    p7m is an encryption format that is often used for email attachments.



    I was also not able to find a Linux tool that is able to open that file type after a quick google research. However, there exist some tools for Windows (e.g. Cryptigo p7mViewer) or OSX.



    What you could try if you have no access to a computer running Windows/OSX is to install the Windows emulator wine and try to install a Windows viewer in there. I can't tell you whether this would work, but it is worth a try, if that file is important for you.



    Another possible solution could be to install Claws Mail, a mail program for Ubuntu, and this plugin. I am not sure whether that allows you to view those .p7m files with that mail program either, I just got this hint from @Toroidal in the chat.






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      Would you tell me which option you tried?
      – Byte Commander
      Feb 27 '15 at 21:11










    • I didn't try any, my mother tried Cryptigo and she said it's ok.
      – JaUnCpp
      Mar 5 '15 at 11:50










    • I would take issue with "often used"...in 30 years of using email I just came across my first p7m attachment today.
      – Peter Flynn
      Nov 16 '17 at 15:35















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    p7m is an encryption format that is often used for email attachments.



    I was also not able to find a Linux tool that is able to open that file type after a quick google research. However, there exist some tools for Windows (e.g. Cryptigo p7mViewer) or OSX.



    What you could try if you have no access to a computer running Windows/OSX is to install the Windows emulator wine and try to install a Windows viewer in there. I can't tell you whether this would work, but it is worth a try, if that file is important for you.



    Another possible solution could be to install Claws Mail, a mail program for Ubuntu, and this plugin. I am not sure whether that allows you to view those .p7m files with that mail program either, I just got this hint from @Toroidal in the chat.






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      Would you tell me which option you tried?
      – Byte Commander
      Feb 27 '15 at 21:11










    • I didn't try any, my mother tried Cryptigo and she said it's ok.
      – JaUnCpp
      Mar 5 '15 at 11:50










    • I would take issue with "often used"...in 30 years of using email I just came across my first p7m attachment today.
      – Peter Flynn
      Nov 16 '17 at 15:35













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    up vote
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    p7m is an encryption format that is often used for email attachments.



    I was also not able to find a Linux tool that is able to open that file type after a quick google research. However, there exist some tools for Windows (e.g. Cryptigo p7mViewer) or OSX.



    What you could try if you have no access to a computer running Windows/OSX is to install the Windows emulator wine and try to install a Windows viewer in there. I can't tell you whether this would work, but it is worth a try, if that file is important for you.



    Another possible solution could be to install Claws Mail, a mail program for Ubuntu, and this plugin. I am not sure whether that allows you to view those .p7m files with that mail program either, I just got this hint from @Toroidal in the chat.






    share|improve this answer












    p7m is an encryption format that is often used for email attachments.



    I was also not able to find a Linux tool that is able to open that file type after a quick google research. However, there exist some tools for Windows (e.g. Cryptigo p7mViewer) or OSX.



    What you could try if you have no access to a computer running Windows/OSX is to install the Windows emulator wine and try to install a Windows viewer in there. I can't tell you whether this would work, but it is worth a try, if that file is important for you.



    Another possible solution could be to install Claws Mail, a mail program for Ubuntu, and this plugin. I am not sure whether that allows you to view those .p7m files with that mail program either, I just got this hint from @Toroidal in the chat.







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      Would you tell me which option you tried?
      – Byte Commander
      Feb 27 '15 at 21:11










    • I didn't try any, my mother tried Cryptigo and she said it's ok.
      – JaUnCpp
      Mar 5 '15 at 11:50










    • I would take issue with "often used"...in 30 years of using email I just came across my first p7m attachment today.
      – Peter Flynn
      Nov 16 '17 at 15:35














    • 1




      Would you tell me which option you tried?
      – Byte Commander
      Feb 27 '15 at 21:11










    • I didn't try any, my mother tried Cryptigo and she said it's ok.
      – JaUnCpp
      Mar 5 '15 at 11:50










    • I would take issue with "often used"...in 30 years of using email I just came across my first p7m attachment today.
      – Peter Flynn
      Nov 16 '17 at 15:35








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    Would you tell me which option you tried?
    – Byte Commander
    Feb 27 '15 at 21:11




    Would you tell me which option you tried?
    – Byte Commander
    Feb 27 '15 at 21:11












    I didn't try any, my mother tried Cryptigo and she said it's ok.
    – JaUnCpp
    Mar 5 '15 at 11:50




    I didn't try any, my mother tried Cryptigo and she said it's ok.
    – JaUnCpp
    Mar 5 '15 at 11:50












    I would take issue with "often used"...in 30 years of using email I just came across my first p7m attachment today.
    – Peter Flynn
    Nov 16 '17 at 15:35




    I would take issue with "often used"...in 30 years of using email I just came across my first p7m attachment today.
    – Peter Flynn
    Nov 16 '17 at 15:35












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    Create a small shell script like this one:



    #!/bin/bash
    openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in "$1" -print_certs -out "$1.pem"
    openssl smime -verify -in "$1" -inform der -noverify -signer "$1.pem" -out "$1.pdf" 2>/dev/null
    rm "$1.pem"
    evince "$1.pdf"
    rm "$1.pdf



    1. Make it executable

    2. Select "open with other application"

    3. Choose the small script created above

    4. Done.






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    • These commands worked for me. Although the output wasn't a PDF file - it was just plain text.
      – ngm
      Mar 31 '17 at 19:56






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      unable to load PKCS7 object 140140624967320:error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag:tasn_dec.c:1197: 140140624967320:error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error:tasn_dec.c:374:Type=PKCS7
      – Peter Flynn
      Nov 16 '17 at 15:40















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    Create a small shell script like this one:



    #!/bin/bash
    openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in "$1" -print_certs -out "$1.pem"
    openssl smime -verify -in "$1" -inform der -noverify -signer "$1.pem" -out "$1.pdf" 2>/dev/null
    rm "$1.pem"
    evince "$1.pdf"
    rm "$1.pdf



    1. Make it executable

    2. Select "open with other application"

    3. Choose the small script created above

    4. Done.






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    • These commands worked for me. Although the output wasn't a PDF file - it was just plain text.
      – ngm
      Mar 31 '17 at 19:56






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      unable to load PKCS7 object 140140624967320:error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag:tasn_dec.c:1197: 140140624967320:error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error:tasn_dec.c:374:Type=PKCS7
      – Peter Flynn
      Nov 16 '17 at 15:40













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    up vote
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    Create a small shell script like this one:



    #!/bin/bash
    openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in "$1" -print_certs -out "$1.pem"
    openssl smime -verify -in "$1" -inform der -noverify -signer "$1.pem" -out "$1.pdf" 2>/dev/null
    rm "$1.pem"
    evince "$1.pdf"
    rm "$1.pdf



    1. Make it executable

    2. Select "open with other application"

    3. Choose the small script created above

    4. Done.






    share|improve this answer














    Create a small shell script like this one:



    #!/bin/bash
    openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in "$1" -print_certs -out "$1.pem"
    openssl smime -verify -in "$1" -inform der -noverify -signer "$1.pem" -out "$1.pdf" 2>/dev/null
    rm "$1.pem"
    evince "$1.pdf"
    rm "$1.pdf



    1. Make it executable

    2. Select "open with other application"

    3. Choose the small script created above

    4. Done.







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    • These commands worked for me. Although the output wasn't a PDF file - it was just plain text.
      – ngm
      Mar 31 '17 at 19:56






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      unable to load PKCS7 object 140140624967320:error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag:tasn_dec.c:1197: 140140624967320:error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error:tasn_dec.c:374:Type=PKCS7
      – Peter Flynn
      Nov 16 '17 at 15:40


















    • These commands worked for me. Although the output wasn't a PDF file - it was just plain text.
      – ngm
      Mar 31 '17 at 19:56






    • 1




      unable to load PKCS7 object 140140624967320:error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag:tasn_dec.c:1197: 140140624967320:error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error:tasn_dec.c:374:Type=PKCS7
      – Peter Flynn
      Nov 16 '17 at 15:40
















    These commands worked for me. Although the output wasn't a PDF file - it was just plain text.
    – ngm
    Mar 31 '17 at 19:56




    These commands worked for me. Although the output wasn't a PDF file - it was just plain text.
    – ngm
    Mar 31 '17 at 19:56




    1




    1




    unable to load PKCS7 object 140140624967320:error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag:tasn_dec.c:1197: 140140624967320:error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error:tasn_dec.c:374:Type=PKCS7
    – Peter Flynn
    Nov 16 '17 at 15:40




    unable to load PKCS7 object 140140624967320:error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag:tasn_dec.c:1197: 140140624967320:error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error:tasn_dec.c:374:Type=PKCS7
    – Peter Flynn
    Nov 16 '17 at 15:40










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    Unfortunately, none of these answers worked for me. The attachment showed up in gmail's web interface as smime.p7m, and in Thunderbird (which I can now get rid of since it didn't help) as winmail.dat.



    Quickly, as a list of commands, what worked for me was the following (assuming you downloaded the smime.p7m into ~/Downloads):



    sudo apt install mpack tnef
    cd ~/Downloads
    munpack smime.p7m
    tnef winmail.dat
    ls -lt
    rm mail.eml winmail.dat


    To determine if this will even help you:




    • just install mpack

    • run munpack on the smime.p7m file

    • A new file should appear (perhaps named winmail.dat). If this is the case, run:


    file winmail.dat # or whatever the new filename




    • if "winmail.dat: Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format" appears, install tnef and complete as listed above.

    • if that completes successfully, you should now have your zip archive in the same directory.

    • otherwise, this answer won't help:


    sudo apt remove mpack tnef



    Sources:



    FIX Gmail smime.p7m and tnef open mail (with winmail.dat)



    How to open winmail.dat files on Ubuntu and Debian Linux






    share|improve this answer





















    • Using Debian 6 (Squeeze), I was able to open up an "smime.p7m" file that had been zipped by a Windows sender. First, I unzipped said zip file using unzip, then, from the above-mentioned "mpack" package, I used the above-mentioned mumpack command on the resultant "smime.p7m" file. Out popped the two enclosed jpg files, immediately suitable for viewing in my jpg viewer.
      – Digger
      Nov 24 '16 at 21:06

















    up vote
    3
    down vote













    Unfortunately, none of these answers worked for me. The attachment showed up in gmail's web interface as smime.p7m, and in Thunderbird (which I can now get rid of since it didn't help) as winmail.dat.



    Quickly, as a list of commands, what worked for me was the following (assuming you downloaded the smime.p7m into ~/Downloads):



    sudo apt install mpack tnef
    cd ~/Downloads
    munpack smime.p7m
    tnef winmail.dat
    ls -lt
    rm mail.eml winmail.dat


    To determine if this will even help you:




    • just install mpack

    • run munpack on the smime.p7m file

    • A new file should appear (perhaps named winmail.dat). If this is the case, run:


    file winmail.dat # or whatever the new filename




    • if "winmail.dat: Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format" appears, install tnef and complete as listed above.

    • if that completes successfully, you should now have your zip archive in the same directory.

    • otherwise, this answer won't help:


    sudo apt remove mpack tnef



    Sources:



    FIX Gmail smime.p7m and tnef open mail (with winmail.dat)



    How to open winmail.dat files on Ubuntu and Debian Linux






    share|improve this answer





















    • Using Debian 6 (Squeeze), I was able to open up an "smime.p7m" file that had been zipped by a Windows sender. First, I unzipped said zip file using unzip, then, from the above-mentioned "mpack" package, I used the above-mentioned mumpack command on the resultant "smime.p7m" file. Out popped the two enclosed jpg files, immediately suitable for viewing in my jpg viewer.
      – Digger
      Nov 24 '16 at 21:06















    up vote
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    up vote
    3
    down vote









    Unfortunately, none of these answers worked for me. The attachment showed up in gmail's web interface as smime.p7m, and in Thunderbird (which I can now get rid of since it didn't help) as winmail.dat.



    Quickly, as a list of commands, what worked for me was the following (assuming you downloaded the smime.p7m into ~/Downloads):



    sudo apt install mpack tnef
    cd ~/Downloads
    munpack smime.p7m
    tnef winmail.dat
    ls -lt
    rm mail.eml winmail.dat


    To determine if this will even help you:




    • just install mpack

    • run munpack on the smime.p7m file

    • A new file should appear (perhaps named winmail.dat). If this is the case, run:


    file winmail.dat # or whatever the new filename




    • if "winmail.dat: Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format" appears, install tnef and complete as listed above.

    • if that completes successfully, you should now have your zip archive in the same directory.

    • otherwise, this answer won't help:


    sudo apt remove mpack tnef



    Sources:



    FIX Gmail smime.p7m and tnef open mail (with winmail.dat)



    How to open winmail.dat files on Ubuntu and Debian Linux






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    Unfortunately, none of these answers worked for me. The attachment showed up in gmail's web interface as smime.p7m, and in Thunderbird (which I can now get rid of since it didn't help) as winmail.dat.



    Quickly, as a list of commands, what worked for me was the following (assuming you downloaded the smime.p7m into ~/Downloads):



    sudo apt install mpack tnef
    cd ~/Downloads
    munpack smime.p7m
    tnef winmail.dat
    ls -lt
    rm mail.eml winmail.dat


    To determine if this will even help you:




    • just install mpack

    • run munpack on the smime.p7m file

    • A new file should appear (perhaps named winmail.dat). If this is the case, run:


    file winmail.dat # or whatever the new filename




    • if "winmail.dat: Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format" appears, install tnef and complete as listed above.

    • if that completes successfully, you should now have your zip archive in the same directory.

    • otherwise, this answer won't help:


    sudo apt remove mpack tnef



    Sources:



    FIX Gmail smime.p7m and tnef open mail (with winmail.dat)



    How to open winmail.dat files on Ubuntu and Debian Linux







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    • Using Debian 6 (Squeeze), I was able to open up an "smime.p7m" file that had been zipped by a Windows sender. First, I unzipped said zip file using unzip, then, from the above-mentioned "mpack" package, I used the above-mentioned mumpack command on the resultant "smime.p7m" file. Out popped the two enclosed jpg files, immediately suitable for viewing in my jpg viewer.
      – Digger
      Nov 24 '16 at 21:06




















    • Using Debian 6 (Squeeze), I was able to open up an "smime.p7m" file that had been zipped by a Windows sender. First, I unzipped said zip file using unzip, then, from the above-mentioned "mpack" package, I used the above-mentioned mumpack command on the resultant "smime.p7m" file. Out popped the two enclosed jpg files, immediately suitable for viewing in my jpg viewer.
      – Digger
      Nov 24 '16 at 21:06


















    Using Debian 6 (Squeeze), I was able to open up an "smime.p7m" file that had been zipped by a Windows sender. First, I unzipped said zip file using unzip, then, from the above-mentioned "mpack" package, I used the above-mentioned mumpack command on the resultant "smime.p7m" file. Out popped the two enclosed jpg files, immediately suitable for viewing in my jpg viewer.
    – Digger
    Nov 24 '16 at 21:06






    Using Debian 6 (Squeeze), I was able to open up an "smime.p7m" file that had been zipped by a Windows sender. First, I unzipped said zip file using unzip, then, from the above-mentioned "mpack" package, I used the above-mentioned mumpack command on the resultant "smime.p7m" file. Out popped the two enclosed jpg files, immediately suitable for viewing in my jpg viewer.
    – Digger
    Nov 24 '16 at 21:06












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    This is how S/Mime works, it enc/sign a mail, and sends it as an attachment.
    Thunderbird and Evolution mail clients are both famous clients that are able to show s/mime attachments.
    Also there are good informations on this question How to obtain a S/MIME certificate for e-mail encryption?






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      This is how S/Mime works, it enc/sign a mail, and sends it as an attachment.
      Thunderbird and Evolution mail clients are both famous clients that are able to show s/mime attachments.
      Also there are good informations on this question How to obtain a S/MIME certificate for e-mail encryption?






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        This is how S/Mime works, it enc/sign a mail, and sends it as an attachment.
        Thunderbird and Evolution mail clients are both famous clients that are able to show s/mime attachments.
        Also there are good informations on this question How to obtain a S/MIME certificate for e-mail encryption?






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        This is how S/Mime works, it enc/sign a mail, and sends it as an attachment.
        Thunderbird and Evolution mail clients are both famous clients that are able to show s/mime attachments.
        Also there are good informations on this question How to obtain a S/MIME certificate for e-mail encryption?







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            Another solution, inspired from the previous user3801675's script.



            Create a small shell script, in ~/bin directory named p7m.sh like this one:



            #!/bin/bash
            #set -x
            outdir="$1.out"
            filename="${1##*/}" #extract filename, without path
            outfile=$outdir/${filename/.p7m/}
            mkdir $outdir
            openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in "$1" -print_certs -out "$outdir/signer.pem"
            openssl smime -verify -in "$1" -inform der -noverify -signer "$outdir/signer.pem" -out "$outfile" 2>/dev/null
            xdg-open "$outfile"
            #if you don't need extracted file uncoment the following line
            #rm "$outdir/signer.pem"; rm "$outfile"; rmdir $outdir



            1. Make it executable chmod +x ~/bin/p7m.sh

            2. from a shell use the command ~/bin/p7m.sh filename.pdf.p7m


            or




            1. From the file manager select filename.pdf.p7m and using mouse right click choose "open with other application"

            2. Choose the small script created above
              Done.


            Usually the received file (attachment) has the extension p7m as in



            filename.pdf.p7m 


            The proposed script first creates the subdirectory



            filename.pdf.p7m.out/


            then extracts the key-file signer.pem and the file filename.pdf removing the extension .p7m



            The two file are saved in the previously created folder.



            The extracted file filename.pdf is opened using xdg-open instead of evince, because xdg-open can open all kind of file using the correct application based on file type.






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            • Where do I get pkcs7?
              – Peter Flynn
              Nov 16 '17 at 15:45










            • @PeterFlynn what do you mean? pkcs7 is a standard, not a software
              – raffamaiden
              Nov 22 at 11:04















            up vote
            0
            down vote













            Another solution, inspired from the previous user3801675's script.



            Create a small shell script, in ~/bin directory named p7m.sh like this one:



            #!/bin/bash
            #set -x
            outdir="$1.out"
            filename="${1##*/}" #extract filename, without path
            outfile=$outdir/${filename/.p7m/}
            mkdir $outdir
            openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in "$1" -print_certs -out "$outdir/signer.pem"
            openssl smime -verify -in "$1" -inform der -noverify -signer "$outdir/signer.pem" -out "$outfile" 2>/dev/null
            xdg-open "$outfile"
            #if you don't need extracted file uncoment the following line
            #rm "$outdir/signer.pem"; rm "$outfile"; rmdir $outdir



            1. Make it executable chmod +x ~/bin/p7m.sh

            2. from a shell use the command ~/bin/p7m.sh filename.pdf.p7m


            or




            1. From the file manager select filename.pdf.p7m and using mouse right click choose "open with other application"

            2. Choose the small script created above
              Done.


            Usually the received file (attachment) has the extension p7m as in



            filename.pdf.p7m 


            The proposed script first creates the subdirectory



            filename.pdf.p7m.out/


            then extracts the key-file signer.pem and the file filename.pdf removing the extension .p7m



            The two file are saved in the previously created folder.



            The extracted file filename.pdf is opened using xdg-open instead of evince, because xdg-open can open all kind of file using the correct application based on file type.






            share|improve this answer























            • Where do I get pkcs7?
              – Peter Flynn
              Nov 16 '17 at 15:45










            • @PeterFlynn what do you mean? pkcs7 is a standard, not a software
              – raffamaiden
              Nov 22 at 11:04













            up vote
            0
            down vote










            up vote
            0
            down vote









            Another solution, inspired from the previous user3801675's script.



            Create a small shell script, in ~/bin directory named p7m.sh like this one:



            #!/bin/bash
            #set -x
            outdir="$1.out"
            filename="${1##*/}" #extract filename, without path
            outfile=$outdir/${filename/.p7m/}
            mkdir $outdir
            openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in "$1" -print_certs -out "$outdir/signer.pem"
            openssl smime -verify -in "$1" -inform der -noverify -signer "$outdir/signer.pem" -out "$outfile" 2>/dev/null
            xdg-open "$outfile"
            #if you don't need extracted file uncoment the following line
            #rm "$outdir/signer.pem"; rm "$outfile"; rmdir $outdir



            1. Make it executable chmod +x ~/bin/p7m.sh

            2. from a shell use the command ~/bin/p7m.sh filename.pdf.p7m


            or




            1. From the file manager select filename.pdf.p7m and using mouse right click choose "open with other application"

            2. Choose the small script created above
              Done.


            Usually the received file (attachment) has the extension p7m as in



            filename.pdf.p7m 


            The proposed script first creates the subdirectory



            filename.pdf.p7m.out/


            then extracts the key-file signer.pem and the file filename.pdf removing the extension .p7m



            The two file are saved in the previously created folder.



            The extracted file filename.pdf is opened using xdg-open instead of evince, because xdg-open can open all kind of file using the correct application based on file type.






            share|improve this answer














            Another solution, inspired from the previous user3801675's script.



            Create a small shell script, in ~/bin directory named p7m.sh like this one:



            #!/bin/bash
            #set -x
            outdir="$1.out"
            filename="${1##*/}" #extract filename, without path
            outfile=$outdir/${filename/.p7m/}
            mkdir $outdir
            openssl pkcs7 -inform DER -in "$1" -print_certs -out "$outdir/signer.pem"
            openssl smime -verify -in "$1" -inform der -noverify -signer "$outdir/signer.pem" -out "$outfile" 2>/dev/null
            xdg-open "$outfile"
            #if you don't need extracted file uncoment the following line
            #rm "$outdir/signer.pem"; rm "$outfile"; rmdir $outdir



            1. Make it executable chmod +x ~/bin/p7m.sh

            2. from a shell use the command ~/bin/p7m.sh filename.pdf.p7m


            or




            1. From the file manager select filename.pdf.p7m and using mouse right click choose "open with other application"

            2. Choose the small script created above
              Done.


            Usually the received file (attachment) has the extension p7m as in



            filename.pdf.p7m 


            The proposed script first creates the subdirectory



            filename.pdf.p7m.out/


            then extracts the key-file signer.pem and the file filename.pdf removing the extension .p7m



            The two file are saved in the previously created folder.



            The extracted file filename.pdf is opened using xdg-open instead of evince, because xdg-open can open all kind of file using the correct application based on file type.







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            raffamaiden

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            answered Sep 6 '17 at 13:17









            Ing. Salvatore Picerno

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            • Where do I get pkcs7?
              – Peter Flynn
              Nov 16 '17 at 15:45










            • @PeterFlynn what do you mean? pkcs7 is a standard, not a software
              – raffamaiden
              Nov 22 at 11:04


















            • Where do I get pkcs7?
              – Peter Flynn
              Nov 16 '17 at 15:45










            • @PeterFlynn what do you mean? pkcs7 is a standard, not a software
              – raffamaiden
              Nov 22 at 11:04
















            Where do I get pkcs7?
            – Peter Flynn
            Nov 16 '17 at 15:45




            Where do I get pkcs7?
            – Peter Flynn
            Nov 16 '17 at 15:45












            @PeterFlynn what do you mean? pkcs7 is a standard, not a software
            – raffamaiden
            Nov 22 at 11:04




            @PeterFlynn what do you mean? pkcs7 is a standard, not a software
            – raffamaiden
            Nov 22 at 11:04


















             

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