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-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500367 Title: Thunderbird sends .doc attachments with wrong mime-type (text/richtext) Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News: Expired Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: thunderbird Summary: Thunderbird should eliminate bad entries in the mimeTypes.rdf file, especially the one that in some cases links .doc files with the mime-type "text/richtext". Longer explanation: Attaching .doc documents (MS word format, can also be saved by OpenOffice.org) causes the (binary) contents of the file to be displayed inline (like body text): plenty of weird characters, hundreds of question marks etc (see below B.). Primary reason: In (my and other people's) mimeTypes.rdf, there is an entry that makes TB think that .doc files are of the mime-type "text/richtext", instead of "application/msword" (see below A.). "text/richtext" attachments are displayed inline, "application/msword" attachments not. Removing the tag <NC:fileExtensions>doc</NC:fileExtensions> and restarting TB fixes the problem. This does NOT happen with a fresh profile, because it does not contain the corrupt entry. But still, users suffering from this problem should be helped automatically. The GUI does not offer a solution for this, as far as I know. A. The corrupt entry from mimeTypes.rdf: <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:text/richtext" NC:value="text/richtext" NC:editable="true" NC:description="Microsoft Word-Dokument"> <NC:fileExtensions>doc</NC:fileExtensions> <NC:fileExtensions>rtx</NC:fileExtensions> <NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:text/richtext"/> </RDF:Description> B. An extract from a corrupted mail: ÐÏࡱá����������������;��þÿ �������������������������������þÿÿÿ��������ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿýÿÿÿÿÿÿÿþÿÿÿ��������������� ��� ��� ��� ��� ������þÿÿÿ���þÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ (...) ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Dec 25 15:57:31 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.3) Package: mozilla-thunderbird (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic SourcePackage: thunderbird Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/500367/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
