Re: [exim] demime problem

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Author: Christian Hertel
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To: Tom Kistner
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] demime problem
Hello,

thank you for fast replies.


> Set 'control = no_mbox_unspool' and then examine the .eml file in the
> <spool>/scan/<msgid> subdir. Does it look well-formed?


No, heres a snippet of the encoded attachment:

--- snip ---

--=-hrJo1OUdj2jOzkHK6qBr
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=Be_246_A1.PLT
Content-Type: text/plain; name=Be_246_A1.PLT; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

^[E^[%0BBPINPS46177,33217ECRO90IP0,0,1016,-1016IR0,100SC0,300,0,300LA1,4,2,4UL6,40,12,12,12,12,12MC0TR1SP1PUPA0,0PW0.169333SP1PE7<=AHn[Fk=KDn?Gk=W@nKGk=S@nK
Gk<=U?nQGk=Y^mUGk<=[]m[Gk=C]m?Hk=QYm[Hk=UVmWIk<=YUmAJk=]TmKJk<=ATmWJk=SRmIKk=IOm[Lk=KMm?Nk<=QLmMNk=CLmUNk=YKm]Nk<=?KmMOk=AImUPk=CFm]Rk=AEm[Sk<=KDmOTk=SCmAUk
<=?CmWUk=W@m]Wk=K^lUZk=]]lE[k<=K]l][k=Y\lU\k<=G\lM]k=C\lS]k=CZlU@l=KXlWCl<=?XlSDl=QWlMEl<=EWlIFl=WVlEGl=MUlSJl=QTlGMl<=ITlCNl=ATlAOl<=[Sl]Ol=MSlUQl=YRlIUl=S
RlGWl<=ORlEXl=MRl]Xl=MRlCYl<=KRlAZl=IRlS\l=MRlG@m=QRlOAm<=SRlKBm=WRlICm<=[RlGDm=MSlQGm=ITlCKm=MTlOKm<=UTlKLm=?UlIMm<=GUlENm=MUlSNm=WVl?Rm=EXl?Um<=SXlYUm=AYl


--- snap ---

It did some further investigation and found out that sending this mail
works well with MS Outlook 2003, but neither with Mozilla Thunderbird
(used in this case by our customer) nor with Evolution.

So I guess, like you think too, it is a bug in the encoding code in the
mail client software.



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Christian Hertel
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