KMail's attachments aren't readable

[Jacob Popov]

Binary package hint: kmail

When I attach a file in KMail, it become unreadable. Windows clients display it as "ATT00", "ATT01", etc. KMail asks to save it to a file, but the file name's extension is missing. What may be wrong?

p.s. this problem occurs with .xls, ods, zip. However, .doc files are processed ok.

[Rich Johnson (nixternal)]

I can attach all of those types and then some without experiencing this issue. Are you still experiencing this?

[Jacob Popov (j-a-popov)]

I've located the problem just yesterday. The trouble begins when kontact
sends a message with Cyrillic letters in its name. The whole
MIME-encoded multipart message sent to the recipient contain something
like this:
------
filename*="<mime-encoded file name>"
------
of course, the correct one should be
------
filename="<mime-encoded file name>"
------

so, the problem is that kontact (or kmail?) adds an extra asterisk to
the variable name "filename".

There is a workaround for this. By default kmail sticks to 'utf8' when
encoding messages. If I add 'cp1251' (windows Cyrillic) and move it up
in the list (i.e. making it the default one), everything becomes ok.
There is no need in deleting 'utf8' entries, I just have to add
'cp1251'.

Oh, I'm sorry, but I won't be able to do further investigations on the
bug, since I've moved on to Ubuntu 7.04. Thanks and good luck!

Richard Johnson:
> I can attach all of those types and then some without experiencing this
> issue. Are you still experiencing this?
>
> ** Changed in: kdepim (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>

[Rich Johnson (nixternal)]

Hey, just checking to see if this bug is still valid?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!