Kmail does not correctly decrypt base64 message

[Michael]

The attached message was not decrypted by KMail until I selected "display source", at which point the original message in KMail's display window switched to show the real message contents.

[Tom Mortimer-Jones (tom-morty)]

Thanks for the bug report.

Which version of Ubuntu and Kmail are you using? I imported the message into Kmail on Feisty and it displayed correctly.

[Michael (michaeljt)]

Kubuntu Feisty without backports or similar (I can provide more detail if needed).

Kontact
Version 1.2.4

KMail
Version 1.9.6

KDE release 3.5.6

I have seen the same thing with a couple of other messages from that mailing list. If you like, you could try subscribing for a bit and I can tell you next time I get another message like that.

[Rich Johnson (nixternal)]

Tom, I have removed you from the "Assigned To" for the time being. If you are working on a fix, then by all means reassign yourself. Thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for kdepim (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[pamindic (pam-indicia)]

I think this may be related. The attached file is a scanned pdf. Such scans send as attachments without problem in Evolution, Thunderbird etc. But in Kontact 3.5.9. they won't leave the Outbox. The following error message comes up:

"Sending failed:
The file or folder The message content was not accepted.
The server responded: "Unexpected EOF - closing connection"
This is a temporary failure. You may try again later. does not exist.
The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox' folder.
The following transport protocol was used:
Xxxxxxx Relay"

Deleting the file from the Outbox as often as not produce a program crash.

Kontact automatically detects coding for these pdf files as Base64. I can't say I really understand what that means, but other files types seem to send ok.