Re: [Evolution] File Attachments in EVO - extensions changed

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 18:45 -0400, Charlie wrote:
> First time ever posting. Please forgive if I'm not doing it correctly.
>
> Okay, I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 (32-bit) and EVO 2.26.1 (which came with
> it) on a personally built computer (160gig hd, 2 gig ram, Foxconn 915a01
> motherboard with I think was a 775 cpu - not that any of that will have
> a bearing on my problem).
>
> I'm forced to use Lotus Notes for my email at work, but I've got it set
> up to forward everything to my personal account at for when I'm working
> at home.
>
> I get a fair number of attachments (mostly excel files) that when I down
> load always seem to get '.part' tagged on to the file name there by
> changing the extension so OpenOffice (or any other software) doesn't
> recognize the file format.
>
> Is this something I can fix within EVO settings that I haven't found? An
> Ubuntu issue, or more probably a Lotus Notes problem that I'll have to
> live with? Right now I download/save the file and then go in and change
> the file name. But I'd like it to be a little bit easier if I can.

Take a look at the list archive (see the URL at the end of every
message) where a similar question has just been asked and answered:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2009-May/msg00135.html

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