Re: [Evolution] Bizarre problem with attachments

[Mathieu Masse <mathieu_masse sympatico ca>]

Well I spoke to my friend and he always sets up is computer showing the
extensions. One thing that confirms this is that if he save the
attchement to hd, the file icon does show nothing, meaning for example
with the pdf, he does get the acrobat icon. Seems like this is another
problem. One thing he did is forwarded me back one of my mail and if I
look at the mail source the attachement does not have an extension. see
below:

This is what I sent:

--=-ar+THtoKP0OubsLn92Sp
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=temp.zip
Content-Type: application/zip; name=temp.zip
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

And this is what I got after he forwarded it back

------_=_NextPart_000_01C3936A.597A3AE8
Content-Type: application/zip; name="temp"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="temp"

    Any help would be appreciated, just to let you guys know I will try
the same thing with different people.

    Mathieu


On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 09:59, Bob James wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 07:53, Andy McMullin wrote:
> > Yup. One of the options with Windows 2000 (and XP) is to NOT display
> > known file extensions. If your friend turned that option on, then he
> > won't see the ".pdf" or ".doc".
>
> He actually doesn't need to turn it on. It's the default behavior for a
> Win2K (or frankly, for a Win9X) installation. You have to explicitly
> turn it OFF.
>
> > When he adds the extension manually, he actually ends up with a file
> > called "xxxxx.pdf.pdf" and the system hides the second one.
>
> Which is precisely why it should be turned off, **always**. This is how
> the "I Love You" virus worked. Attached to the email was a file that
> looked like "iloveyou.txt", but was actually "iloveyou.txt.vbs", a
> Visual Basic script. The default behavior of Windows hid the real
> extension, fooling recipients into believing they were merely openning a
> text file.
>
> > Ask him to go into tools -> folder options -> view, and then untick the
> > box "Hide file extensions for known file types". 
>
> That won't do; the default, again, is for changes to that option to
> apply only to the folder he's viewing. He must perform the action you
> suggested, then apply it, *then* click the "Like Current Folder" button
> at the top of the dialog box. Once he accepts the message that follows,
> it will be properly set.