My friends reported( they use windows ), that they unable to deteremine
the type of my attacments( no name no extension appeared; an untyped file
appeared ).
So I tried it. I send me( remote ) two mail using mutt. AKMail MUA( windows )
was unable to determine the name and the extension of the file. MS Outlook
Express was able to do it( the name and the extension of the file appeared ).
Earlier I used AKMail I had no problem with it.
Thanks
Attila
On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 05:57:40PM +0200, Juergen Leising wrote:
> On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 04:48:25PM +0300, Saku Ytti wrote:
> > On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 03:38:54PM +0200, Attila Csosz wrote:
> > > I tried to mail me a test message with attachment( it contained a file
> > > test.arj ). Using mutt everythig is OK. I see in the attachment list the
> > > correct file name( pressing v key ). But when I fetched this mail with
> > > a windows based e-mail client( AKMail ) I see the attacment but the
> > > attachment has no name.
> >
> > Someone using ELM reported me he was unable to read my attachment. Just
> > for curiosity I tested this locally and with my ELM I had no problem, so
> > I always though (still do) think the problem was between the remote users
> > keboard and chair.
> >
> ...not necessarily; sending mail to yourself on your local system is
> completely different from sending mail to a remote computer, because your
> mail has to pass several mail servers (relays and so on), that handle
> attachments sometimes in a strange way. They add or delete some important
> bits, so even a well configured mutt / elm cannot resolve the attachment
> correctly. And there are still mail routes that are not 8-bit clean.
>
> But what I would like to know: Has anybody any idea how to fight against
> such oddities? How can I ensure my (binary) data will be received in a way the
> recipient can really use/read it?
>
> Bye, bye, Juergen.
>
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