RE: [Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment
> As I recall this is also described in the archives... If my egg-nog > clouded memory can be relied upon, the limit on the file name is > somewhat arbitrary and you can easily hack the source so that it does > not get truncated. > > This was also discussed at length in the archives, and the > exact code to > modify was clearly identified and tested. I think it was simply one > line of code. > > It might be easier for you to trace down the renaming in the > source code > and make the mod yourself, than to find the thread in the archives > (since it was more than a few months ago). > > Good Luck - Jon Carnes Or he can try searching http://www.mail-archive.com as that goes a good way back and has search capabilities. Peter -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment
On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 12:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 - As I recall this is also described in the archives... If my egg-nog clouded memory can be relied upon, the limit on the file name is somewhat arbitrary and you can easily hack the source so that it does not get truncated. This was also discussed at length in the archives, and the exact code to modify was clearly identified and tested. I think it was simply one line of code. It might be easier for you to trace down the renaming in the source code and make the mod yourself, than to find the thread in the archives (since it was more than a few months ago). Good Luck - Jon Carnes -- 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
RE: [Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment
> Read through the thread. No it didn't help. I change the filebase, > ignore to filebase, ext like the thread indicated but I still end up > with the same thing. The problem is the mailman handles the file name > and the fact that users are using long file names. Its not a problem > with the extention as I thought. Mailman drops the last part of the > file name off, so a file name like this: > PRESIDENT'S NEWSLETTER NO. 2 - 2003-2004 ACADEMIC December.pdf > > Becomes a file name like this: > PRESIDENT'S NEWSLETTER NO. 2 - 2003-2004 ACADEMIC > > So the December.pdf part is lost. I've verified it is not a MUA > problem by running tests in debug mode and checking what got sent to > Mailman. It is in the attachment handling routine of mailman that the > problem exists. > > > Kevin W. Gagel > Network Administrator > (250) 561-5848 local 448 > (250) 562-2131 local 448 Have you tried a shorter attachment name, quite possible this is the result of a limitation in the length of your attachments name? I would also remove the apostrophe from "PRESIDENT'S" and especially the Period after "NO." as this might also be causing a problem. -- 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
RE: [Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment
See below... - Original Message Follows - > > -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 > > &
RE: [Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment
> -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/mai
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 -- 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/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment
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 -- 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
[Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment
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/archive%40jab.org
[Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment
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/archive%40jab.org
