Re: Mail attachments missing for Safari/Outlook users

[Joseph Mingrone <jrm@ftfl.ca>]

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Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:

> Dear Joseph,
> <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign>
>>>>>> Joseph Mingrone <jrm@ftfl.ca> writes:

>     > Hello, Our university switched to Office365/Outlook for mail, so I
>     > end up sending lots of mail attachments from Gnus to Outlook
>     > users.  I have been told by about half a dozen users running
>     > Safari that my attachments do not show up for them.  I don't have
>     > a Mac, so I cannot easily test this directly, but in the past, I
>     > have tested the messages that I am sending with Gnus using tools
>     > like https://www.mimevalidator.net/index.html and they were
>     > reported as valid.  However, just now I tested some messages again
>     > and errors are reported.

>     > Message File: blah.mail Byteplant MIMEValidator V1.2.5.2 Errors:
>     > <LF> linebreak found (line 1) <LF> linebreak found (line 2) <LF>
>     > linebreak found (line 3) <LF> linebreak found (line 4) <LF>
>     > linebreak found (...) parser error: too many bad linebreaks

>     > I am running Gnus from the Emacs master branch, pulled on
>     > 2019-03-13.

>     > Has anyone else come across this problem with Outlook/Safari?  Is
>     > there a workaround other than the telling these users to fix their
>     > broken software (I am guessing that one of Safari or Outlook is
>     > the problem)?

> Just a thought, what's the setting of your variable
> gnus-mime-display-attachment-buttons-in-header? Is it `t'?

> I've not had your specific problem, but I've noticed that using `Attach
> file' or `Attach external' can produce different experiences for a
> recipient on MS-Windows.

> Best wishes,
> Colin.

Hi Colin,

The variable gnus-mime-display-attachment-buttons-in-header was set to
`t'.  I tried setting it to `nil', but the result was the same.

Regards,

Joseph

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