Peter, The problem arises when you use the Apple Mac OS X mail app, and send an attachment to a CE user, where the attachment has a filename containing spaces.
Apple Mail is causing the problem. Some mail apps do not see the problem and some render the name including spaces. (--> the base their name finding on a header field that is delimited by quotes) Some mail apps use another field that is not protected by quotes, and hence, they truncate the filename at the first occurance of a space. So, if you look at the receiving end, this is 'on topic', and it first looked as if CE might have been the cause. But Chris found that inside the outgoing mail file originating from an Apple Mail app, some quotes are missing. It is meaningful because many people are helpless if e.g. on PC's a JPG file all the sudden is no longer a JPG file, because part of the name was cut off. Techies will append .JPG themselves, but many people will grab a phone for 911, or walk to the nearest bomb shelter in a disciplined manner .... The latest chapter in the story is that "IF" this causes a security gap, then Apple might be double motivated to send us the missing quotes via their big brother auto-software updates. If you use CE 'only', and if you have no problems with getting attachments to open up, then forget this for now. (It would be wise if all users keep trained on 'what filetype is what', just like it remains a very good idea or virtue to be able to check your supermarket bill without using a calculator. But I'm preaching in the desert I'am afraid.) ---------------- PS: Only yesterday, I have spent 3 hours for an "IT person" sending a company logo via FTP (not mail) but 'with spaces' to my server. The funny guy had wrapped all in a compressed RAR archive and appended .TIF. Yeah... that caused a bag of chips and a bottle of coke, before I discovered this was not a TIF. But a RAR with a TIF inside. So, users should have a feeling for what they expect from their mail partners, and be able to guess a file extension even if it is not there. Marc Peter Bunn wrote on 29-03-2007 03:30 * * * Start of original message text * * * > >Mark J., Chris B., and Marc C.: > >I've been trying to follow this thread but I'm afraid I've 'lost it'. > >On or off list, could you apprise me of the circumstances under which the >truncated attachment occurs... and why it's meaningful? > >I've not seen the problem myself, and don't wish for it, but my curiosity >is killing me. > >Thanks much. > >Peter B. > >----- > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- Just Marc _,,,'^-_-^',,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ 3888426 W has gone haywire, with his BADGET ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
