it only changes the line endings if the part is declared to be a text
part. obviously if it is a text part, then the line endings are MEANT to
be changed to the canonical form for the platform.

Jeff

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 08:24 -0600, Alex S Moore wrote:
> Is there a particular reason why saving an attachment would rewrite the
> contents of an attachment?
> 
> For example, yesterday I had a email with a text file for DOS, i.e.,
> with CR/LF at the end of each row.  Evolution saved the data with LF.  I
> realize that I can get the CR/LF back, but I do not understand this.  It
> took me a few minutes to realize what had happened after I saw that the
> file would not process in a Windows program.  I saved the file from
> SylpheedClaws and it saved the attachment as it was sent to me.  And, of
> course, unix2dos fixes it as well.
> 
> Some of my customers are still using Windows, so I would really like for
> Evolution to save attachments without changing the contents
> 
> Thanks, Alex
> 
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Jeffrey Stedfast
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