[Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment

[Peter A. Solomon]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailman-users-bounces+psolomon=adelphia.net at python.org 
> [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+psolomon=adelphia.net at python.org
> ] On Behalf Of gagel at cnc.bc.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 12:10 PM
> To: mailman-users at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment
> 
> 
> I tried searching the archives but found nothing about it. I guess my
> search terms were not good enough.
> 
> It is not a problem with the mail client. I did debug tracing on the
> clients to see what was being passed before I submitted a bug report.
> The client identifies the attachment correctly as a pdf. The problem
> is that the length of the attachment name seems to be to long for
> mailman to process correctly.
> 
> Sending an attachment called:
> "PRESIDENT'S NEWSLETTER NO. 2 - 2003-2004 ACADEMIC December.pdf"
> Results in one called:
> "PRESIDENT'S NEWSLETTER NO. 2 - 2003-2004 ACADEMIC"
> 
> The recieving client can still open the missnamed attachment if they
> know what to select as a program to open it with. Its just that the
> extension is missing and that only happens after going through
> mailman. It does not happen if it is sent directly to a user.
> 
> ----- Original Message Follows -----
> > This *exact* problem was discussed in the archives awhile back. If
> > memory serves me correctly the problem then was that the email
> > client used a generic type of mime file type identifier rather than
> > a more proper one that identified the file type properly as pdf.
> > 
> > Mailman then treats this as a generic file and renames it with a
> > generic extension.  A patch was generated so that Mailman no longer
> > changed the file extension.  A look in the archives might prove
> > useful to you.
> > 
> > Jon Carnes
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 16:57, gagel at cnc.bc.ca wrote:
> > > I have not had any response on this. Does anyone have any info
> > > they can share with me on it?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message Follows -----
> > > > We just sent out a message to our employees. There calling
> > > > because they can't open the pdf attachment.
> > > > 
> > > > Looking at it, it looks like the .pdf part is missing from the
> > > > attachment name in the message. If you know what to do you can
> > > > open the attachment. But the browser does not know what to do
> > > > with it and most of our users don't either.
> > > > 
> > > > Is there a fix for this?
> > > > 
> > > > Suggestions, ideas?
> > > > 
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