--On Wednesday, January 4, 2006 9:02 +0100 Steffen Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is in order to prevent using a partial name, when using invalid MIME syntax, e.g.: Content/type=application/octet-string; filename= WSJ.com - Cutting Hedge_Law Firm Grows With Funds.pdf Note the missing quotes of the filename tag. There are reports that some MUAs ignore the text after the ".com" part and, hence, would treat the attachment as executable file. MIMEDefang does not know whether there are quotes or not, hence, it assumes that they are not.
Interestingly I cannot duplicate the problem even by sending a file with a similar name. However the client I am using puts quotes around the filename. That appears to be the difference. (Off on a tangent: The exact name seems to be too long for OSX so I used "WSJ.com - Cutting Hedge_Law.pdf" which should hit the same trap. Can Windows names be that long? Is the name another error, in addition to missing quotes?) Joseph Brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Columbia University in the City of New York _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
