Ok, thanks for the response.  Well, I can always use a different MUA if
I need to deal with attachments.  It just seems like a waste.
Unfortunately, there are people that still use Windows, although I do
not know why.

Thanks, Alex

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 13:05 -0500, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> 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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