mae is a command line tool to extract attachments from mails
% mae export --maildir=test/fixtures/simple --output-dir=test/tmp_output
% man mae
Usage: mae [COMMAND]
Commands:
extract Extract all attachments from mails in given maildir
list List all available things
version Print version and exit
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Options:
-h, --help Print help
postsynchook = mae extract --maildir=/home/mrtazz/mails/INBOX --output-dir ~/Documents
There are pre-built artifacts on the releases page or on macOS it's available in homebrew:
brew tap mrtazz/oss
brew install mrtazz/oss/mae
Inspiration for this came from the fabulous @till