>Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:37:02 -0800 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (by way of Einar Stefferud) >Subject: IP: Microsoft breaks Mime specification >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This needs to be given some attention in the IETF...\Stef > > >>Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 11:25:45 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) >>From: Frode Greisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Dave >> >>Using Pine as my mailer I found Microsoft XP outlook users could not read >>my attachments. We found this was due to a bug in Microsoft's Outlook XP >>mail user agent. Other non-MS mailers may have seen similar problems. >> >>As of this writing, Microsoft has acknowledged the bug but has not added >>it to the Knowledge Base. We have been told that there will be a >>post-SP1 hotfix for Outlook XP. This particular bug has bug fix number >>OfficeQFE:4781. The nature of the bug is that messages with attachments >>which contain a Content-ID header (which standard Pine attachments do) >>do not show the attachment indicator (a paperclip) when viewed with >>Outlook XP. So the user has no indication that the message contains an >>attachment. >> >>Pine has produced an option to remove the content-id header which is >>part of the Mime specification but which is probably not much used. >> >>The problem is that due to the Market share of Microsoft an error in a >>Microsoft program may force non-Microsoft users to make changes, and >>possibly also imply a loss of mail functionality. >> >>Frode > >For archives see: >http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ >
