[bloodmoon]

Does anyone know how to convert base64 code to html? I'm trying to edit this email but it's in base64 (mime) and I can't find a website to change it to an html format.

[MavenGradle]

Does anyone know how to convert base64 code to html? I'm trying to edit this email but it's in base64 (mime) and I can't find a website to change it to an html format.

base64 is generally used in the context of websites to indicate obfuscation of certain executable code such as JavaScript or simply an image. In any case you can convert base64 to its plain text representation using any base64 decoder: https://mvngradle.net/tools/base64

If instead you are looking for a base64 to image converter:
https://codebeautify.org/base64-to-image-converter

[bloodmoon]

base64 is generally used in the context of websites to indicate obfuscation of certain executable code such as JavaScript or simply an image. In any case you can convert base64 to its plain text representation using any base64 decoder: MvnGradle.net

If instead you are looking for a base64 to image converter:
Best Online Base64 to Image Decoder / Converter

I see. Thank you!

But quick question. Why would someone use base64 for plain text? Is that in case the email is intercepted during its delivery?

[MavenGradle]

I see. Thank you!

But quick question. Why would someone use base64 for plain text? Is that in case the email is intercepted during its delivery?

Generally speaking base64 is simply used to transfer binary data through communication channels that don't support direct binary communication.
Like i said, sometimes base64 is used for sending images. If you use base64 to display images in an <img> tag, the user does not need to have access to a CDN or other image source. Same goes for email, you do not need to download external image sources because the image is already right there.

However, embedding an image as a base64 string in an email is generally no longer possible in most email clients, hence why you might be seeing the base64 instead of the email. That would be my guess.

Other use cases for base64 include, but are not limited to:

• Sending binary type content inside a RESTful API (which is already weird just like it being used in emails, but still happens)
  


• Use cases in which binary data transportation isn't directly available
  


• Members here who post messages in base64 in order to look cool because they are so cryptic..
  


• File transfers through SOAP (again, very weird)