From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/25147 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kullstam@ne.mediaone.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: gnus sends corrupt attachments Date: 18 Sep 1999 22:40:44 -0400 Organization: none Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035162586 12515 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 01:09:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from bart.math.uh.edu (bart.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.48]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA16410 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 1999 22:40:35 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by bart.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAB03744; Sat, 18 Sep 1999 21:39:53 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sat, 18 Sep 1999 21:40:02 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA03165 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 1999 21:39:53 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from kullstam.ne.mediaone.net (qmailr@kullstam.ne.mediaone.net [24.218.92.14]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA16374 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 1999 22:39:12 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: (qmail 30437 invoked by uid 501); 19 Sep 1999 02:40:44 -0000 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 32 User-Agent: Gnus/5.070096 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.96) Emacs/20.4 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:25147 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:25147 i am using pgnus 0.96 and am having some trouble with attachments. when i attach a binary (e.g., pdf or zip file) the file gets corrupted. the problem is with sending since 1) i can receive attachments sent with other MUAs (mutt or netscape), and 2) other MUAs (mutt) receive the same corrupted attachment. i notice by looking at the received binary that i get extra line breaks preceeded by a !. here is an excerpt from the tail of a pdf file. (please excuse long lines) orig ending R^M/Info 1 0 R^M/ID [<5c657a9ab424633503301772053391a4><5c657a9ab424633503301772053391a4>]^M>>^Mstartxref^M21150^M%%EOF gnus mangled ending R^M/Info 1 0 R^M/ID [<5c657a9ab42463350! 3301772053391a4><5c657a9ab424633503301772053391a4>]^M>>^Mstartxref^M21150^M%%EOF as you can see, the ! got somehow inserted. is this a gnus configuaration problem i can fix by setting the proper variable? is this a known gnus sending problem? i am happy to send my config upon request. i'll delve into it, if no one already has a quick solution. -- J o h a n K u l l s t a m [kullstam@ne.mediaone.net] Don't Fear the Penguin!