> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 12:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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? > > > > > > > > ==================== > > > > Kevin W. Gagel > > > > Network Administrator > > > > (250) 561-5848 local 448 > > > > (250) 562-2131 local 448 > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > The College of New Caledonia, Visit us at http://www.cnc.bc.ca > > > > Virus scanning is done on all incoming and outgoing email. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Mailman-Users mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > > > > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > > > > Searchable Archives: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > > > > > > > This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > > > > > > > > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/gagel%40cnc.bc.ca > > > > > > ==================== > > > Kevin W. Gagel > > > Network Administrator > > > (250) 561-5848 local 448 > > > (250) 562-2131 local 448 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > The College of New Caledonia, Visit us at http://www.cnc.bc.ca > > > Virus scanning is done on all incoming and outgoing email. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > Mailman-Users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > > > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > > > Searchable Archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > > This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > > > > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/jonc%40nc.rr.com > > > > ==================== > Kevin W. Gagel > Network Administrator > (250) 561-5848 local 448 > (250) 562-2131 local 448 >
Follow the thread [Mailman-Users] Attachments - PDF Issue in the Nov 2003 archive and see if this is any help. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2003-November/032634.html ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
