MBR sent via mail in binary form

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I need to get my MBR back.
On a remote machine I've just did:
Code: 
dd if=/dev/ada0 of=/MBR count=1
Then I did:
Code: 
cat /MBR | mail -s 'ada0 MBR' me@my.mail

Now it is in binary form and I don't know, how to extract it from my email.
Yea, yea, I had to base64 encode it, but I've also drank a few beers and was pissed of with typing too long CMDs!

On home machine I've:
Code: 
cp -v /var/mail/root/cur/1316634_bla_bla_rce.biz:2,S /save_MBR
Now when I 'vi /save_MBR' and delete all header and subject and one empty line, I get:
Code: 
# stat -f "%z" /save_MBR
26
MBR is of size 512.
Unedited file /save_MBR has 1012 bytes?!

So, anyone has any ideas?
 
bs=512 is NOT needed to be specified, as it is a default.
Second, don't tell ma what I was supposed to do, as I've already said what I was supposed to do!

MBR is now, in body of mail, fully in binary code, so tell me, IF YOU KNOW IT, what am I supposed to do, to get MBR of 512 bytes back?
Extracted from email in file?
CMD?
 
Well, I decided to try it and see if I could offer some help. However, at least with my email client, there is a lot of data that is lost (replaced with white space) when the email is received in my inbox.

Tried comparing the original file against what I received and no luck in finding a way to recreate the lost data.

Sorry to say, but I think your SOL.
 
Seeker said:
MBR is now, in body of mail, fully in binary code, so tell me, IF YOU KNOW IT, what am I supposed to do, to get MBR of 512 bytes back?
Extracted from email in file?
CMD?
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Its broken, even if You get something back, its still broken, after applying that to real MBR place You will end in unbootable system.
 
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