* Mail attachments missing for Safari/Outlook users
@ 2019-04-07 19:00 Joseph Mingrone
2019-04-08 7:44 ` Colin Baxter
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Joseph Mingrone @ 2019-04-07 19:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ding
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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)?
Thanks,
Joseph
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* Re: Mail attachments missing for Safari/Outlook users
2019-04-07 19:00 Mail attachments missing for Safari/Outlook users Joseph Mingrone
@ 2019-04-08 7:44 ` Colin Baxter
2019-04-09 1:26 ` Joseph Mingrone
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Colin Baxter @ 2019-04-08 7:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Joseph Mingrone; +Cc: ding
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.
--
Colin Baxter
m43cap@yandex.com
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* Re: Mail attachments missing for Safari/Outlook users
2019-04-08 7:44 ` Colin Baxter
@ 2019-04-09 1:26 ` Joseph Mingrone
2019-04-09 5:23 ` Colin Baxter
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Joseph Mingrone @ 2019-04-09 1:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Colin Baxter; +Cc: ding
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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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* Re: Mail attachments missing for Safari/Outlook users
2019-04-09 1:26 ` Joseph Mingrone
@ 2019-04-09 5:23 ` Colin Baxter
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Colin Baxter @ 2019-04-09 5:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Joseph Mingrone; +Cc: ding
Dear Joseph,
<#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign>
>>>>> Joseph Mingrone <jrm@ftfl.ca> writes:
> 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.
I'm afraid I've run out of ideas of what you might try - except maybe do
nothing! I had a somewhat similar issue when my University
Administration people kept sending me docx files. I couldn't open them,
weren't interest in their contents, so I just ignored them. It didn't
seem to have any significance consequences.
Best wishes,
Colin.
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Colin Baxter
m43cap@yandex.com
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