Re: [newbie] KMail Attachments
On Saturday 25 May 2002 05:16 pm, Michael Adams opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > No Shane, you are doing it right. It may be a setup thing that i have > done. I am pretty sure that i am not trying to send a link :-). I tried > sending the same file from a fat32 partition and it did the same thing > with the 8-bit and Quoted-printable encoding options. I am simply > bemused. maybe the at32 is the key, do you have the same trouble sending from a linux part? not that it will help much, but i admit i am curious now -- "The linux philosophy is laugh in the face of danger. Oops. Wrong one. 'Do it yourself.' That's it." -L. Torvalds shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail Attachments
On Sun, 26 May 2002 05:25, shane wrote: > On Saturday 25 May 2002 08:54 am, Michael Adams opened a general hailing > > frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > > Thanks Alastair... But it still doesn't explain why using these encodings > > won't attach the file correctly. At least i now know that if i always > > select Base 64 "the mail will get through". > > i must be doing something wrong, i can choose any of the methods for > attaching and they are all readable by both my machine, my wife at home, > and her machine at work. No Shane, you are doing it right. It may be a setup thing that i have done. I am pretty sure that i am not trying to send a link :-). I tried sending the same file from a fat32 partition and it did the same thing with the 8-bit and Quoted-printable encoding options. I am simply bemused. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail Attachments
On Saturday 25 May 2002 08:54 am, Michael Adams opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > Thanks Alastair... But it still doesn't explain why using these encodings > won't attach the file correctly. At least i now know that if i always > select Base 64 "the mail will get through". i must be doing something wrong, i can choose any of the methods for attaching and they are all readable by both my machine, my wife at home, and her machine at work. -- "We know what we are, but not what we may become" -William Shakespeare shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail Attachments
On Sun, 26 May 2002 02:06, Alastair Scott wrote: > On Saturday 25 May 2002 2:47 pm, Michael Adams wrote: > > Ok, i was wrong again. Base 64 does not relate directly to PGP > > encryption. This still seems to be the only method that will attach > > the whole file though and not just 6 to 8 bytes. > > > > This is a hex dump of the 6 bytes attached if i try the "None > > (8-bit)" method on a .doc 51K file. > > d0 cf e0 a1 b1 e1 > > What is happening here? Is this method only relevant for ASCII? > > > > Can Outlook Express users accept Base 64 encoded attachments? > > The names used are not the best (a problem I've noticed elsewhere in kde > > :) The familiar ones are: > > Base 64 = uuencoded > > Quoted printable = MIME encoded > > Outlook and OE (and nearly every other email package) will understand > both. > > '8-bit', I presume, attaches the file without any encoding. As the > following page (Extended Character Sets) explains, it's not clear why > this option exists at all and, in any case, it can be ignored for > normal (Internet-based) usage ... > > http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.format.html > > Alastair Thanks Alastair... But it still doesn't explain why using these encodings won't attach the file correctly. At least i now know that if i always select Base 64 "the mail will get through". -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail Attachments
On Sun, 26 May 2002 02:04, et wrote: > just where in kmail are you seeing these choices? (the menu is different > between a "compose" window to send mail and the mail client window to read > mail, but for me, all I have to do to send an attachment is click on the > paper clip and find the file base 64 and rot 13 have more to do with > how *nix systems tranfer info over the net than anything else, and as long > as the reciever can recieve in base 64 or rot 13 it should have no problem. > do you recive attachments ok? > > On Saturday 25 May 2002 09:47 am, you wrote: > > On Fri, 24 May 2002 21:18, Michael Adams wrote: > > > What the... KMail allows three choices for attachments: > > > > > > None (8-bit) > > > Base 64 > > > Quoted Printable > > > > > > Two seem to want to send a few bytes of something. And from what help > > > says it seems "Base 64" relates to PGP encryption. I just want to hook > > > a OO.o .doc file to an e-mail to send to the head tutor without > > > embarrassing myself again. How? > > > > Ok, i was wrong again. Base 64 does not relate directly to PGP > > encryption. This still seems to be the only method that will attach the > > whole file though and not just 6 to 8 bytes. > > > > This is a hex dump of the 6 bytes attached if i try the "None (8-bit)" > > method on a .doc 51K file. > > d0 cf e0 a1 b1 e1 > > What is happening here? Is this method only relevant for ASCII? > > > > Can Outlook Express users accept Base 64 encoded attachments? > > > > I do not connect the virus catcher to the net. I really want to use KMail > > to post these attachments to people that do (use Outlook). > > > > Running KMail 1.3.2 on 8.2 The menu in Composer (or the paperclip) bring up a File i/o dialog box. Once the file is selected, then there is another dialog box "Message part properties" that gives you the encoding options. Base 64 seems to be the only one that attaches the file. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail Attachments
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 25 May 2002 2:47 pm, Michael Adams wrote: > Ok, i was wrong again. Base 64 does not relate directly to PGP > encryption. This still seems to be the only method that will attach > the whole file though and not just 6 to 8 bytes. > > This is a hex dump of the 6 bytes attached if i try the "None > (8-bit)" method on a .doc 51K file. > d0 cf e0 a1 b1 e1 > What is happening here? Is this method only relevant for ASCII? > > Can Outlook Express users accept Base 64 encoded attachments? The names used are not the best (a problem I've noticed elsewhere in kde :) The familiar ones are: Base 64 = uuencoded Quoted printable = MIME encoded Outlook and OE (and nearly every other email package) will understand both. '8-bit', I presume, attaches the file without any encoding. As the following page (Extended Character Sets) explains, it's not clear why this option exists at all and, in any case, it can be ignored for normal (Internet-based) usage ... http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.format.html Alastair - -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE875qCCv59vFiSU4YRAnshAKCZQC8EX38IP+u8oG4evBTL7U9Y5gCfUwe0 a3h8H3dhaObXrlt7zCLqNOo= =Y2VL -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KMail Attachments
What the... KMail allows three choices for attachments: None (8-bit) Base 64 Quoted Printable Two seem to want to send a few bytes of something. And from what help says it seems "Base 64" relates to PGP encryption. I just want to hook a OO.o .doc file to an e-mail to send to the head tutor without embarrassing myself again. How? -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kmail attachments
On Wednesday 13 March 2002 10:03 pm, Bill Winegarden wrote: > Hi, > I am unable to receive attachments from co-workers. I have three separate > email accounts. I am able to receive attachments on two of the accounts but > on the third, all I receive are the message headers. No attachment. > Unfortunately, I must be able to use this account; it is my work account. > I have not made any changes to the setup in KMail settings. I believe that > the originating mails are sent from Groupwise. > > someplace along the line someone is filtering attachments to stop virus propogation. Probably the senders email server. -- Gerald Waugh New Haven, Connecticut USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kmail attachments
Hi, I am unable to receive attachments from co-workers. I have three separate email accounts. I am able to receive attachments on two of the accounts but on the third, all I receive are the message headers. No attachment. Unfortunately, I must be able to use this account; it is my work account. I have not made any changes to the setup in KMail settings. I believe that the originating mails are sent from Groupwise. Any thoughts? TIA, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
