-OR- you could not send attachments as text/plain when they aren't
text/plain

Jeff

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 12:18 -0600, Alex S Moore wrote:
> 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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> 
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Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Novell, Inc.
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