>>I might be mistaken, as I haven't had to discuss it recently nor deal >>with the problem much... But I don't think it's that SqWebMail complies >>with a "new" RFC exactly, or that it's in any way "not backwards >>compliant."
>>If I remember the details properly, it's simply that Outlook doesn't >>follow the long-standing rules for naming attachments that all mail >>systems are supposed to follow, and SqWebMail (and actually the entire >>Courier system in general, for that matter) is unforgiving about other >>systems that are slack about supporting standards. >>[Editorial note] >>Personally, I think other programmers should always behave this way... >>And *NEVER* give Microsoft (in particular, and other lame programmers >>in general) the slack that they often get, whereby so many so-called >>"bugs" in good programs are fixed by adding hacks to support the stupid >>programs. >>Guy's the problem here is not related to Microsoft, and is not related to >>bad file names... The problem is that downloading an e-mail with another client that it is not sqwebmail, local clients, and the file will be renamed in ATT0000111.dat, if it was sent from sqwebmail. You did not have this problem? Try to send an email from sqwebmail and receive it with a client and you will see!! Ciao Matteo > Matteo, > > This was explained to me when I had the same issue as sqwebmail > supporting a > new RFC that older e-mail programs don't understand. If your file > attachment has spaces or special characters it uses the new RFC that > Outlook > can't understand. You need to rename the file attachment something > without > spaces or special characters and resend it. I'm not sure why sqwebmail > isn't backwards compliant. > > Thanks, > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matteo Tempia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [sqwebmail] attachments problems > > Hello everybody, > > i have a problem with the way sqwebmail attaches files. > > The problem is when I download the email with a client like outlook > the file > appears like "ATT000011.dat" and people doesn't know what file it is.. > > I'm sure there's a simple solution for this thing. > > > Please help me. > > Matteo >
