Thunderbird 3.0.4 doesn't open "octet-stream" PDF attachments

[Cesare Mastroianni]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

Many thanks for Your attention.

If I receive some email including PDF attachments that are coded as "application/pdf" MIME type, then I have no problem with this files.

If I receive some email including PDF attachments that are coded as "application/octet-stream" MIME type, then Thunderbird 3.0.4 is not able to manage them, and I'm not able to find a way to instruct (configure) Thunderbird to open those files with Evince.

I can't imagine why some sender programs code PDF files as "application/octet-stream" ... However it happens often.

I would like to understand if this is a problems of mine (poor configuration of Thunderbird) or if this is a bug of the program.

Sorry if this is a FAQ. I extensively search the web, and I have found MANY discussions (forums) about SIMILAR problems: all the solutions I've found didn't fixed my problem.ù

Many thanks in advance.

Ciao from Italy.
CM

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: thunderbird 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 14 18:44:39 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=it_IT:it:en_GB:en
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: thunderbird

[Harald (harald-kirsch)]

Same problem here with thunderbird 3.0.5. It would be great to get at least the box that lets me decide whether to open the attachment with some application. Currently it only allows a save.

Harald.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Closing that outdated report as EOL has been reached long time ago