Re: Can't send zip attachments
Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010612115414.B298@BOEKHOFF_M>; from "malcolm.boekhoff" on Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:54:14AM On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:54:14AM +0100, malcolm.boekhoff wrote: > On 2001-05-07 06:24:18, Duke Normandin wrote: > > I have the same problem, I have Cygwin translating CRLF to CR before > Mutt encoding starts (so that at the other end the unencoded file hasn't > got any CR's in it). > > My solution at the moment is to use uuencode to 7-bit ascify the binary > tar file, but beware the same CRLF translation takes place on stdin, but > not on pipes, so use this: > > cat zipfile | uuencode zipFileNamePutInUueHeader > > and send the ".uue" file as "text/plain". > > I have discovered that OE can decode the uuencoded file correctly at the > other end. > > Probably, "uuencode zipfile zipFileNamePutInUueHeader" works as well because then > uuencode is opening the file as binary. Thanks for that information and solution. The problem I was having was with the recipients OE settings or something, and not my Cygwin/Mutt configuration. However it's very possible that I still have a problem with this matter and don't know it -- as I don't send too many zipfiles. -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Re: Can't send zip attachments
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 01:50:13AM -0700, Gary Johnson wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 06:19:55AM -0600, Duke Normandin wrote: > > I can't seem to send a message with a zipfile attached properly. It is > > received at the other end as 'text/plain' or something. Anybody have an > > idea of what I'm doing wrong? TIA... > > My first thought is that you don't have an entry for zip files in your > mime.types file. It should look like this: > > application/zip zip > > See section 5.2 of the mutt manual for more on the mime.types files. Not the problem... have that in all along; and I've got a mime.types in $HOME and /etc. My SMTP server queues my outbound mail for delivery at my convenience (I'm on a dial-up), so I'm able to look at the applicable message. The zipfile is in there -- only thing is, the recipient insists that it's grunged when he receives it. I can send the same zipfile with OE and no problems!! Go figure? Thanks for the input. > On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:16:07PM -0600, Duke Normandin wrote: > > Is it me - or is it Mutt? I can't send a freaking zipfile w/o having the > > sucker grunged at the other end. I experimented with changing the > > encoding even -- to 7bit instead of base64. I'd like to have *no* > > encoding but can't see how that's done. Anybody else having trouble > > sending zip attachments? > > Not me, but a fried of mine was having this trouble just last week > trying to send a tar file. His mailer (not mutt) base64-encoded the tar > file but gave it a Content-Type of text/plain. Somewhere in the > process, the LFs in the tar file got converted to CR-LF pairs. He > solved it by changing the Content-Type to octet-stream. > > So using the proper Content-Type for your zip file may fix this problem > as well. > > HTH, > Gary -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Re: Can't send zip attachments
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 06:19:55AM -0600, Duke Normandin wrote: > I can't seem to send a message with a zipfile attached properly. It is > received at the other end as 'text/plain' or something. Anybody have an > idea of what I'm doing wrong? TIA... My first thought is that you don't have an entry for zip files in your mime.types file. It should look like this: application/zip zip See section 5.2 of the mutt manual for more on the mime.types files. On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:16:07PM -0600, Duke Normandin wrote: > Is it me - or is it Mutt? I can't send a freaking zipfile w/o having the > sucker grunged at the other end. I experimented with changing the > encoding even -- to 7bit instead of base64. I'd like to have *no* > encoding but can't see how that's done. Anybody else having trouble > sending zip attachments? Not me, but a fried of mine was having this trouble just last week trying to send a tar file. His mailer (not mutt) base64-encoded the tar file but gave it a Content-Type of text/plain. Somewhere in the process, the LFs in the tar file got converted to CR-LF pairs. He solved it by changing the Content-Type to octet-stream. So using the proper Content-Type for your zip file may fix this problem as well. HTH, Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | RF Communications PGU http://www.spocom.com/users/gjohnson/mutt/ | Spokane, Washington, USA
Can't send zip attachments
I can't seem to send a message with a zipfile attached properly. It is received at the other end as 'text/plain' or something. Anybody have an idea of what I'm doing wrong? TIA... -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada
