Re: extra .ATT attachments?

[Jack Vinson <vinson@unagi.cis.upenn.edu>]

>>>>> "JH" == Jaap-Henk Hoepman <hoepman@cs.utwente.nl> writes:

JH> When I send mail with attachments to people using MS Outlook, they see
JH> an extra attachment <blurp>.ATT included in the file. They cannot open
JH> this file, and this causes quite some confusion. Apparently its my
JH> signature that is contained in this attachment (as it does not show up
JH> in elsewhere in their message pane).

JH> What is the problem and how can it be solved?

I have noticed this problem as well when sending myself binary files for
fun (to see how well Outlook worked).

The basic problem is that Outlook does not understand multipart messages.
It can deal happily with multiple attachments.  But any time you place text
after an attachment, you will get a *.ATT file.

I assume this has something to do with putting inlined text between
attachments.  Outlook seems to expect all attachments to be at the end of
the MIME message.  When there is extra stuff it gets confused.  I assume
the "correct" behavior is for it to treat the extra stuff as plain old
text.

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Jack Vinson
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