uchicago-library / attachment-converter

Attachment Converter: tool for batch converting attachments in an email mailbox
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+TITLE: Attachment Converter

+AUTHOR: Matt Teichman

+DESCRIPTION: Command-line utility for batch-converting attachments in an email mailbox

+OPTIONS: toc:nil, num:nil

Attachment Converter is in alpha. If you'd like to try it out, please follow the instructions on [[https://dldc.lib.uchicago.edu/open/attachment-converter][our project website]].

The guides on our development workflow break down into two main documents:

** Current State of the Project

We have ambitions to make Attachment Converter follow library-executable design. Although it can be installed as a library, for the first release, we are focusing on its executable functionality.

The following features are presently working:

** Current Team

Our illustrious team of developers currently includes:

Previous developers include:

[[https://elucidations.vercel.app/][Matt Teichman]], [[https://github.com/nmmull][Nathan Mull]], [[https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/directory/staff/emily-schartz/][Emily Schartz]], and [[https://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/keith/][Keith Waclena]] will be contributing to and maintaining the project on an longterm basis. Matt is currently in charge of managing the project.

** Reading

Here is a link to the RFC-s that define the email specification. These are shamelessly pilfered from the impressive [[https://github.com/mirage/mrmime][Mr. Mime]] GitHub README:

** Viewing

Romain Calascibetta's overview talk from [[https://icfp16.sigplan.org/program/program-icfp-2016/][ICFP 2016]] is truly excellent and recommended to all. You never knew email addresses could be so complicated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQkRsNEo25k