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Bloomberg Message Attachments

There are two types of Bloomberg-supplied archive for e‑mail attachments: the first is for attachments sent using ‘short format’ Bloomberg messages; the second is for attachments sent using ‘long format’ Bloomberg Internet messaging. These archives typically follow these filename patterns:

Before you can import Bloomberg emails (using an import.type=BBMail parameter), you must first extract the attachments from the attachment archive.

Decompress Attachment Archive Before Importing Bloomberg Emails

The archive file containing the attachments associated with a dump file of Bloomberg emails is a compressed tar format file. Tar files are collections of individual files collated into a single archive file.

Before starting the import operations, you must first decompress and unpack the attachments from the archive. You can then copy the individual attachment files to the import source folder specified by the parameter BBMail.DirAttachment.

More information:

Bloomberg Email Parameters