Tillmann Steinbrecher wrote:
>
> Yeah, but I sent a .nfo file to myself using Mozilla, and Mozilla didn't
> display it correctly.
Hmm. I don't know how Moz sniffs the mimetype of a file that it's going
to turn into an attachment. Anyone?
> When I selected 'view source', this showed that the NFO was encoded in
> some form, it couldn't be directly read in the source.
I suspect that Mozilla assumed it was a binary file and encoded it using
base64 (look for the word base64, and something like
"application/octet-stream", in the source).
If you see "application/octet-stream" or similar, try adding Notepad as
a helper application for that MIME type.
> If you need more info, let me know. It's possible that the .nfo
> contained DOS linefeeds (I use Mozilla/Linux), maybe that confused Mozilla.
I suspect that Mozilla was trying to guess the MIME type from the file
extension when it *sent* the mail (when I said it didn't use the
extension, I meant when it *received* the mail) and failed. Maybe
someone knows what Moz bases this information on?
> I know that there are workarounds, but Netscape 4 shows that it's
> possible to show these files inline, in the mail/news windows, without
> any trouble and workarounds, so I don't see why Mozilla shouldn't be
> able to do the same :)
Well, I didn't say it *shouldn't* - I was just offering suggestions of
what to do in the meantime, *until* it can :)
Stuart.
