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smtp in ascii format

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Hello all, I am not familiar with wireshark, can any one please tell me how can I capture the SMTP payload in ASCII format, thanks in advance.

asked 12 Dec '15, 09:22

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edited 12 Dec '15, 10:19

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Just capture the traffic as normal, then use a display filter of "smtp".

As long as the SMTP traffic isn't encrypted you can see the payload by right-clicking any packet in the SMTP conversation and then selecting Follow -> TCP Stream.

The resulting dialog will show the entire conversation which you can copy to the clipboard. The email be in multiple parts so you might have to do a little editing.

answered 12 Dec '15, 10:18

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edited 12 Dec '15, 10:20

Thanks a lot

(12 Dec '15, 10:27) Nazzoka