Hi All, We've got some weird behavior that might make sense to some, just not me. On our old 7.15 IMail server (which we're in the process of retiring), we have a client domain. One of the clients in this domain says that just in recent days, the attachments to his emails disappear when he sends them to his two co-workers (one co-worker is in a different domain that we host on the same mail server, the other uses an msn mailbox. It seems a simple, if mysterious problem: he sends a picture to these two other guys, and the picture doesn't show up at the other end (somehow "stripped" from the email).
As a test, I asked this guy (Scott) to send a message with a picture to the two co-workers (Mike and Eric). When Mike got the email from Scott, the picture was apparently gone, so then he forwarded that email as an attachment (so we get it unchanged) to both me and to Scott (the original sender). Then Scott, for whatever reason, forwarded his copy of Mike's message to me. The result is that I get two messages: first, I got the message from Mike with an attachment of Scott's original email. Second, I get a message from Scott, with an attachment of Mike's message, which has Scott's original email as an attachment. The point here is that I get Scott's original message forwarde to me as an attachment, from two different routes, but it should be the same identical message (since it was forwarded as an attachment). It's not! The two copies of different. That's weird, but there's more. When Mike forwarded Scott's original message to me, he said that the attached JPEG had been stripped. I looked at the message content and found the original picture attachment still there, but the message somehow changed so that it couldn't be viewed. So something is corrupting the emails, possibly at Mike's computer. But then I got Scott's email, with the second copy of Mike's forwarded message. It should be the same, but in this message, the picture is displayed and can be saved as an attachment. I realize this is all convoluted, so here are the original message headers. I could use whatever insight anyone cares to share. Thanks, Ben First, the message with jpg attachment showing (attachment is present): Received: from scottmiller [67.185.10.107] by paulsonag.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.15) id A80D61480122; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:19:41 -0700 From: "Scott F. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Eric Dillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SPAM [8] Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:19:14 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0006_01C7AC08.1D9AD270" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6000.16386 X-Declude-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [67.185.10.107] X-Note: This E-mail was scanned by Declude JunkMail (www.declude.com) for spam. X-Spam-Tests-Failed: CMDSPACE, WEIGHT5, WEIGHT5r, WEIGHT7, WEIGHT7r [8] X-RCPT-TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-UIDL: 414696096 Thread-Index: AcesO97McY29OaOhRIyJRAESVW0B2Q== X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: 000000009F5A0D6E7C1EF24E9A2AC394E726A8FF44BC2600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C7AC08.1D9AD270 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0007_01C7AC08.1D9AD270" ------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C7AC08.1D9AD270 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike, Here is what Ben wants to have done. I have attached a pic to see if you can open it. If you can not, follow what been wants done in the last paragraph. I sent a copy to Eric D. to see if he can open it. Thanks, Scott Hi Scott, I got your attachment with no problem at all. So, the second test is for you to send an email to one of your co-workers that has this problem (the attachment gets stripped off) and then let me know the exact date and time of the message, and whom it was sent to. There is one more useful thing that you could do: have someone forward to me one of those "stripped" emails so that I can look at it. They must send it as an attachment (in Outlook or Outlook Express, you right-click on the message, then just forward as attachment). If you don't forward it as an attachment, then I can't see the internals of the message as they were when they arrived at your computer. Thanks, Ben ------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C7AC08.1D9AD270 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Here is what Ben wants to have done. I have attached = a pic to see if you can open it. If you can not, follow what been wants = done in the last paragraph. I sent a copy to Eric D. to see if he can open = it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Scott<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>Hi = Scott,</span></font><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo= nt></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>I got your attachment with = no problem at all. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo= nt></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>So, the second test is for = you to send an email to one of your co-workers that has this problem (the = attachment gets stripped off) and then let me know the exact date and time of the = message, and whom it was sent to. </span></font><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo= nt></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>There is one more useful = thing that you could do: have someone forward to me one of those = "stripped" emails so that I can look at it. They must send it as an = attachment (in Outlook or Outlook Express, you right-click on the message, then just = forward as attachment). If you don't forward it as an attachment, then I = can't see the internals of the message as they were when they arrived at your computer.</span></font><o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo= nt></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>Thanks,</span></font><o:p></= o:p></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo= nt></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>Ben</span></font><o:p></o:p>= </i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i><= /p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C7AC08.1D9AD270-- ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C7AC08.1D9AD270 Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="IMG_2271.JPG" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="IMG_2271.JPG" *********************************************************************************************** *********************************************************************************************** *********************************************************************************************** Message where the attachment is not visible Received: from scottmiller [67.185.10.107] by paulsonag.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.15) id A80D61480122; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:19:41 -0700 From: "Scott F. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Eric Dillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SPAM [8] Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:19:14 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000F_01C7AC01.3F555450" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcesO97McY29OaOhRIyJRAESVW0B2Q== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6000.16386 X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: 000000009F5A0D6E7C1EF24E9A2AC394E726A8FF44BC2600 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000748-3, 06/11/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Declude-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [67.185.10.107] X-Note: This E-mail was scanned by Declude JunkMail (www.declude.com) for spam. X-Spam-Tests-Failed: CMDSPACE, WEIGHT5, WEIGHT5r, WEIGHT7, WEIGHT7r [8] X-Note: This E-mail was sent from c-67-185-10-107.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([67.185.10.107]). X-RCPT-TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Status: U X-UIDL: 414696096 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C7AC01.3F555450 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike, Here is what Ben wants to have done. I have attached a pic to see if you can open it. If you can not, follow what been wants done in the last paragraph. I sent a copy to Eric D. to see if he can open it. Thanks, Scott Hi Scott, I got your attachment with no problem at all. So, the second test is for you to send an email to one of your co-workers that has this problem (the attachment gets stripped off) and then let me know the exact date and time of the message, and whom it was sent to. There is one more useful thing that you could do: have someone forward to me one of those "stripped" emails so that I can look at it. They must send it as an attachment (in Outlook or Outlook Express, you right-click on the message, then just forward as attachment). If you don't forward it as an attachment, then I can't see the internals of the message as they were when they arrived at your computer. Thanks, Ben ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C7AC01.3F555450 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="winmail.dat"
