Microsoft rpmsg extension: You have received a message with restricted permission.

[Paul Harper]

I have received a message with a Microsoft rpmsg extension. It is some sort of Digital Restriction Management thing from Microsoft.

Is there a way to open these in Linux with mu4e? Or am I to be driven kicking and screaming to using Microsoft Outlook?

Otherwise I have my work email working from an Exchange Server to mu4e via Davmail. Thanks for the wonderful mu4e!

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[Magnus Therning]

Paul Harper writes:

> I have received a message with a Microsoft rpmsg extension. It is some sort of
> Digital Restriction Management thing from Microsoft.
>
> Is there a way to open these in Linux with mu4e? Or am I to be driven kicking
> and screaming to using Microsoft Outlook?

I'm afraid you'll have to at least use Windows:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rpmsg

AFAIU you don't need Outlook, but you do need the "Rights Management
Add-on", whatever that is.

A quick look at the last of the external links suggests that maybe it's
possible to implement support on other platforms...

My suggestion is that you simply claim ignorance and return the email,
preferably in plain-text format and ask the sender how to open .rpmsg
attachments.

/M

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[Paul Harper]

Thanks for the reply. They'll just tell me to use my work issue Windows laptop.

I'll have to see how frequent they use the  rpmsg extension. If it is frequent I'll have to learn Outlook. If not I can just open up the Windows laptop on the occasions when they send them.

Otherwise I have my Microsoft Exchange email working quite well using Davmail, along with personal Gmail via smtp.

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[Magnus Therning]

Paul Harper writes:

> Thanks for the reply. They'll just tell me to use my work issue Windows
> laptop.
>
> I'll have to see how frequent they use the rpmsg extension. If it is
> frequent I'll have to learn Outlook. If not I can just open up the
> Windows laptop on the occasions when they send them.

I can recommend putting Windows in a VM and just fire it up when needed.
Windows is actually quite good at being being paused/saved which means
startup times are fairly acceptable :) If you run Outlook in seamless
mode you get minimal exposure to Windows too.

/M

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