> In message <49375.86.154.71.56.1417605312.squir...@email.orpheusnet.co
> .uk>
>           "John Hurley" <johnhur...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

>> I have looked for a Netsurf Choices setting which might have been
>> accidentally altered but none seem relevant.

Andrew Rawnsley wrote:
>
> Normally you'd use an email client such as Messenger Pro to send
> attachments, which would be handled by the program talking to the OS
> (it's a process that involves the MimeMap module and its corresponding
> textfile-database of MIME types).
>
> The MIME type list is in !Boot.Resources.!Internet.Files.MimeMap or in
> !Boot.Choices.Internet.MimeMap.  If you have backups of these files,
> it might not be daft to recover them.

Thanks for the suggestion I will try that.

> What makes this more confusing/convoluted/unknown is that you're doing
> email via a web browser.  Not really recommended for more elaborate
> tasks (eg. sending attachments).  I'd *imagine* that NetSurf will use
> the MimeMap method described above, but in a slightly more generic way
> (it doesn't know you're doing email etc, nor does it need to).
> However, it's down to the website (ie. Orpheus) to turn that into an
> actual email.  Neither you, nor Netsurf, have much/any control over
> this via webmail.

> Like I say, I wouldn't use webmail to send attachments, myself,
> although to be fair, I've also not tried Orpheus' webmail client.  I
> *can* say that last time I tried to send 3 photos via Hotmail (last
> year) it was a complete failure (via Windows browser).  Same files
> sent immediately via Messenger Pro (RISC OS).

Orpheus, using squirrel mail has been very reliable handling attachments.
Although I had problems evident on all machines over the weekend (someone
appears to have got hold of my password and altered all my configuration
settings) that is now resolved. The Iyonix and the Mac and PC are behaving
as I would expect. We use webmail because as a company we are based in
different locations and use a range of hardware so it is a common tool for
us all and works well. It is however playing up again on the ARMini as I
write this. Perhaps GCHQ are taking an interest!
>

>
> PS, silly suggestion - you *did* append /pdf and /doc to the
> filesnames?  You'd definately have issues at the receiving end if you
> didn't.

Not silly at all, but of course I did.


Dr John Hurley
Research and project development for education


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