---
name: "mimedefang-util"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mimedefang"
version: "3.6-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mimedefang-util"
---

# mimedefang-util(1)

## NAME

mimedefang-util -- Utility script for message structure debugging

## SYNOPSIS

```
    # Print a "pretty" version of an input message
    mimedefang-util --prettyprint < input.msg
    # Print the message structure
    mimedefang-util --structure < input.msg
    # Parse and re-MIME the message
    mimedefang-util --dump < input.msg
```

## DESCRIPTION

This script provides some debug tools formerly provided as part of mimedefang.pl

## OPTIONS

- **--prettyprint**

  Parses a mail message from standard input and reformats it in a "pretty" format on standard output.  All text/\* parts are printed directly, and non-text parts are described without printing their content.

- **--structure**

  Parses a mail message from standard input, and outputs a description of the MIME tree to standard output.

- **--dump**

  Parses a mail message from standard input, and dumps the parsed message back out again to standard output.

- **--data-dump**

  Parses a mail message from standard input, and dumps the parsed message back out again to standard output using Data::Dumper

- **--help**

  This help

- **--man**

  Full manpage

## LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2010 Roaring Penguin Software Inc.

This program may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2.