Hello John,
On 05 October 2005, 20:00 you wrote:
>> Do you have "When browsing messages, only retrieve message text
>> checked" in your account settings?
> Yes
Because you chose this setting (I use it too) most attachments aren't
retrieved until you attempt to open or save them. The local message
will contain the headers and body plus the placeholders for each
attachment. For example:
In the header...
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="----------124165AA13F8D82C"
...and after the message text...
------------124165AA13F8D82C
Content-Type: IMAGE/PNG; name="error-4.png"
Content-transfer-encoding: x-uue
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="error-4.png"
------------124165AA13F8D82C
Content-Type: IMAGE/PNG; name="error-1.png"
Content-transfer-encoding: x-uue
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="error-1.png"
...etc. In this example, the images aren't available until you open
them:
------------D718870970226
Content-Type: image/png; name="error-4.png"
Content-transfer-encoding: x-uue
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="error-4.png"
begin 644 error-4.png
MB5!.1PT*&@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>H```"0!`,````UC34:`````W-"250("`C;
[EMAIL PROTECTED],%!,5$4```#___]^H,Y@@+0J1H:N!`33S\<6,72(A8`-)VV<O^?B
M3DY%8YU#0D#,DI#R&AHRP4?H````"7!(67,```L2```+$@'2W7[\````%G1%
M6'1#<F5A=&EO;B!4:6UE`#$P+S`S+S`UL*B\GP```"%T15AT4V]F='=A<F4`
M36%C<F]
...and so on.
When you forward the message without opening/saving an attachment it
is sent with "empty" attachments... TB! doesn't modify the message but
rather sends it "as is". This is why I said what you see is correct,
i.e. not a bug. Whether this is correct behavior is another matter.
>> If so, what you see is correct because the attachment isn't in the
>> local cache. TB! is forwarding the message as it is; nothing more
>> nothing less. It can't send something it doesn't have! If you open
>> or view an attachment it will be included when you forward the
>> message because it's now available to TB!.
> I can understand your logic. I think your method has the TB! user
> having to think too much. In my view, TB! should assume the user wants
> to forward the whole message including attachments and the user should
> only be concerned about the status of the attachment download when the
> user wants to use the attachments.
I was describing what happens. :-) As Dwight suggests, perhaps TB!
should assume you want to process the whole message and retrieve all
parts prior to forwarding. For now, you could un-check that box and
submit a feature request in the Issues and Bugs Tracking System.
--
As ever,
.\\artin | ICQ 15893823
"Example moves the world more than doctrine." HENRY MILLER
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