You gotta be careful being M$-centric on this one. If you get Novel
emails (and I think MAC as well), the "filename" will not always
make sense, and the content type _Specified in the email_ must rule.
my $0.02.
Steve
At 03:35 PM 4/25/2000 -0400, Howie Hamlin wrote:
>I assume you are storing the files in a web accessible folder on your web
>server. If so, then the web server will send the content type to the
>browser depending on the web server setup (mime type mappings) and the file
>extension.
>
>The FusionMail code simply stores the attachments in a web folder and the
>web server does the rest.
>
>Regards,
>
>Howie
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Gregory Narain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: inFusion Support List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 3:27 PM
>Subject: Pointers on dealing with attachments
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We've got our mail app up and running, finally :) One of the issues
>> that I am having is how to deal with attachments.
>>
>> We have no problem sorting the attachments into the appropriate place,
>> and I think this is more a general CF question, but it's very relevant
>> to this group.
>>
>> I wanted to use CFCONTENT to serve up the user's files to them. I am
>> a bit unsure about specifying the mime type to be used, however. Sure
>> word is .doc, Excel is .xls, but is there a generic way of referring
>> to things and having CFCONTENT still deliver the file appropriately?
>>
>> The real issue with this is that we don't want to put the files into
>> any place that is visible from the outside world.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience with this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg
>>
>>
>
>
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