Does not happen for me either tbird on windows +imap on linux. I agree w Jeremy, & another suspect a spam filter ??
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > Leslie S Satenstein wrote: >> Using Thunderbird and Outlook 2007, I have noted the following >> >> If a file is attached to an email, and the file name is of the form >> >> this.is.a.file.doc >> >> I noted that the downloaded attachment name is converted to "this is a >> file.doc". That is, all the dots but the right most are converted to >> spaces. >> >> Is this a normal to strip the base-name of the dots? >> >> Why do I ask, well We are wrapping a file with another name , >> for example >> >> For the file "this.is.a.file.doc", it is wrapped to >> "this.is.a.file.doc.encr". Encr is now the suffix and in the >> directory entry we end up with is "this is a file doc.encr". The true >> suffix is not known since an embedded file may not have a suffix. >> >> Ideas please. Is this normal behaviour? >> > > Just to note this does not happen for me on tbird on linux, postfix and > dovecot. It sounds like a server setting, possibly a virus scanner... > > Jeremy > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > -- ___..____._..___._..___. ...|...|___/..|..|......|..|___| ...|...|.....\..|..|___.|..|.....| "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
