In trunk! :-)
On Jun 9, 11:04 pm, Bob_in_Comox <rwstj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Notwithstanding my backup option of using links instead of
> attachments, I discovered a way to make email attachments work for
> both PC users as well as Mac users:
>
> Line 294 of gluon.tools.py:
> payload_in = MIMEMultipart.MIMEMultipart('related')
>
> changed to:
> payload_in = MIMEMultipart.MIMEMultipart('mixed')
>
> Not sure this is a 'bug' as such, but perhaps the wrong Content-Type
> for what I want. Maybe Macs are more strict about protocol than PCs.
>
> I used the following to come to this
> conclusion.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME#Multipart_subtypes
>
> Content-Type 'multipart/related' consists of a root part which
> references other parts inline.
>
> Content-Type 'multipart/mixed' is used for sending files with
> different "Content-Type" headers inline or as attachments.
>
> Whatever, it works for all my users now.
>
> Bob
>
> On Jun 9, 10:46 am, Bob_in_Comox <rwstj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I send email out to 150 club members. No problems with simple emails.
> > However with attachments only PC users can see and download them,
> > while Mac uses cannot even see the attachments.
>
> > using web2py 1.79.1 on webfaction with webfaction email servers
>
> > My code (simplified):
>
> > from gluon.tools import Mail
> > attachments = [Mail.Attachment(path-to-file1, filename=filename1)]
>
> > mail = Mail( 'smtp.webfaction.com:587', club-email-address, club-email-
> > login)
> > mail.send(
> > to = [club-member-addresses],
> > subject = subject,
> > message = plain-text-message,
> > attachments = attachments,
> > reply_to = my-email-address)
>
> > I do not change any default mail.settings.
>
> > If I cannot fix this, my backup option will be to store attachments on
> > our server, and use links to these in the message instead of
> > attachments.
>
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> > Bob
