Re: [Evolution] Attaching emails invalidates PGP signature

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

it doesn't rely on the name, read up on how the X drag & drop protocol
works.

Jeff

On Sun, 2004-08-01 at 23:45, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 11:12 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > > The problem is "how does Evolution know to scan thru all the emails
> > > on your system, and know exactly which attachments to convert from
> > > application/octet-stream to message/rfc822?"
> > >
> > > I don't think they can.
> > But that isn't how drag and dropped messages work when dragged
> > internally.  It sends them as uids+folders in 1.5.something+, so they
> > can't be anything but the right type.
> >
> > They have to be encoded right at the sending end to start with if
> > they're ever to be recognised later. 
>
> I thought that was what the bug was.
>
> When I ran 1.5.9.1, a drag-n-dropped email was attached as 
> application/octet-stream.
>
> When I upgraded to 1.5.91 and tried again, a drag-n-dropped email
> was attached as message/rfc822.
>
> Do you rely on the pattern of the name of the attachment to notice
> that it is a uids+folder, instead of the mimetype?  If so, there 
> is still a bug, because Evo 1.5.91 looks at that application/octet-
> stream attachment, and will only let me Save As.