[Desktop-packages] [Bug 500367]
(In reply to Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer] from comment #9) > RESOLVED INCOMPLETE due to lack of response to last question. If you feel > this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons > why. This bug is still a problem and is not solved. Thunderbird should be forced to use the standard mimetypes, eg. defined on http://www.sitepoint.com/web-foundations/mime-types-complete-list/ instead of using probably wrong saved ones in the mimetypes.rdf -- 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 doc 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: doc rtx B. An extract from a corrupted mail: ÐÏࡱá;��þÿ ���������������þÿÿÿýÿÿÿþÿÿÿ��������������� ��� ��� ��� ��� ������þÿÿÿ���þÿÿ (...) 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 500367]
I have found a lot of bug reports since 2006 that describe the same problem in the core. The most are ignored or reported as duplicate. But noone whanted to fix it. Another report is the Bug 503309 which contains more informations and a hint how to solve this problem. -- 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 doc 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: doc rtx B. An extract from a corrupted mail: ÐÏࡱá;��þÿ ���������������þÿÿÿýÿÿÿþÿÿÿ��������������� ��� ��� ��� ��� ������þÿÿÿ���þÿÿ (...) 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 500367]
There is clearly some sort of issue in Thunderbird that I see in support requests all of the time, that sent messages have odd mimetypes because of presumably unexpected changes to mimeTypes.rdf. Is that this bug, or is there another that tracks this? -- 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 doc 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: doc rtx B. An extract from a corrupted mail: ÐÏࡱá;��þÿ ���������������þÿÿÿýÿÿÿþÿÿÿ��������������� ��� ��� ��� ��� ������þÿÿÿ���þÿÿ (...) 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 500367] Re: Thunderbird sends .doc attachments with wrong mime-type (text/richtext)
** Changed in: thunderbird Status: New => Expired -- 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 doc 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: doc rtx B. An extract from a corrupted mail: ÐÏࡱá;��þÿ ���������������þÿÿÿýÿÿÿþÿÿÿ��������������� ��� ��� ��� ��� ������þÿÿÿ���þÿÿ (...) 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 500367]
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE due to lack of response to last question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why. -- 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 doc 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: doc rtx B. An extract from a corrupted mail: ÐÏࡱá;��þÿ ���������������þÿÿÿýÿÿÿþÿÿÿ��������������� ��� ��� ��� ��� ������þÿÿÿ���þÿÿ (...) 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 500367] Looks like this is fixed.
Judging from my quick test, the root cause of this bug is fixed. I just saved a .jpg attachment from an e-mail with mime headers that incorrectly claim that the image is an FLV video, and I selected "Do this automatically for files like this from now on". In the past, it seems this would cause mimeTypes.rdf to be infected with an entry that claimed that files ending in .jpg where FLV videos, and thunderbird would proceed to use that association when sending .jpg attachments. But now, with thunderbird version 10.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1, mimeTypes.rdf remains unaffected. So, I think we can close this bug, unless we want to do an SRU or something. (The bug is gone in oneiric, I don't know about other Ubuntu versions.) If you have bugzilla.mozilla.org account, I think you can close the upstream one as well. On 02/12/2012 05:07 PM, Don Cristóbal wrote: > @ Vseerror: I veryfied and I don't see the bug any more. However, I > don't understand all of the discussion above, so I won't change the > bug's status. Anyway, I don't see such an entry as worksforme. It seems that the message you replied to was imported by launchpad from the upstream bugzilla.mozilla.org entry. Launchpad doesn't have a "worksforme" resolution, but bugzilla does. ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- 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: New 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 doc 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: doc rtx B. An extract from a corrupted mail: ÐÏࡱá;��þÿ ���������������þÿÿÿýÿÿÿþÿÿÿ��������������� ��� ��� ��� ��� ������þÿÿÿ���þÿÿ (...) 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 500367] Re: Thunderbird sends .doc attachments with wrong mime-type (text/richtext)
@ Vseerror: I veryfied and I don't see the bug any more. However, I don't understand all of the discussion above, so I won't change the bug's status. Anyway, I don't see such an entry as worksforme. -- 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: New Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: New 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 doc 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: doc rtx B. An extract from a corrupted mail: ÐÏࡱá;��þÿ ���������������þÿÿÿýÿÿÿþÿÿÿ��������������� ��� ��� ��� ��� ������þÿÿÿ���þÿÿ (...) 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 500367]
Reporter, do you still see this problem when using a current version of thunderbird? And if you do not, please close bug report by changing resolution to worksforme -- 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: New Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: New 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 doc 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: doc rtx B. An extract from a corrupted mail: ÐÏࡱá;��þÿ ���������������þÿÿÿýÿÿÿþÿÿÿ��������������� ��� ��� ��� ��� ������þÿÿÿ���þÿÿ (...) 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
