Re: Fwd: E-mail attachments and local names

[dsg@mitre.org (David S. Goldberg)]

>>>>> Kai Großjohann writes:

> In addition to the filename parameter there is a name (or was it
> file?) parameter in the MML stuff.  Filename gives the name of the
> local file, and I guess Gnus just uses it for the file name in the
> message if nothing else is specified.

I thought that too.  Then I tried it :-) Unfortunately, the name tag
gets copied to the Content-Type part rather than Content-Disposition,
where the filename tag goes.  The latter gets preference for the
suggested filename when saving.  The former just shows up as a label
in the button.  What's needed is either an option that says if both
name and filename are specified in MML, then after using filename to
load the content, the filename tag in the Content-Disposition header
gets the value of the name tag; or, invent a new tag if overloading
name is a bad idea.  I started to make a pass at doing just that
(called `filesuggestion' for lack of a better idea) yesterday.  I'll
post a patch once its ready and I've had a chance to try it out.
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