[Rails 3 - Ruby 1.9.2] I have to get email attachments ( mp4 files ) and store them... I get easily all parts using Mail ( .... <Content-Type: multipart/ mixed...."> ) attachment = mail.attachments[0] #<Mail::Part:2206885940, Multipart: false, Headers: <Content- Type: video/mp4; name=landscape.mp4>, <Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64>, <Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=landscape.mp4>> got what I need, but trying to store this attachment in a temp file , I get an encoding error : File.open(filepath,File::CREAT|File::TRUNC|File::WRONLY,0644) { | f| f.write(attachment.body) } Encoding::UndefinedConversionError Exception: "\x80" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8 did I miss anything before writing the file ? or is it a known Ruby bug ? being an .mp4 attachment, it should be a binary file.. it comes as an UTF-8 ( Base64) ? , right... how should I write it as a binary too ? tfyh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.