Bug 20057

Summary:	application/octet-stream preview
Product:	knode	Reporter:	Maciej J . Woloszyk <matofesi>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Roberto Selbach <roberto>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	0.4-beta4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Maciej J . Woloszyk 2001-02-08 07:36:21 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package: knode
Version: 0.4beta4 (KDE 2.1 Beta 2)
Severity: wishlist
Compiler: gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
OS: Linux 2.2.16-3 i686 (compiled sources)

Hi
I'm reading some newsgroup where there are a lot of forwards from another newsgroups. 
Problem is that some newsreaders marks the forwarded part of message (sent as 
attachment probably) as a "application/octet-stream" MIME type. Is it possible that such 
an attachment (which is usually (if not always) just a text message) be opened in KNode 
like the other attachments (images especially)?

Thanx in advance

M.

Comment 1 heikki 2003-06-25 20:50:25 UTC

Same seems to apply for various binary formats. It would be great if KNode would use 
a bit of intelligence when it meets an application/octet-stream type - most of them must 
be some known types. We already have file magic numbers for guessing types, and we 
have the extension of the file name...

Comment 2 heikki 2004-03-03 16:20:25 UTC

Seems like this problem persists in knode 0.7.6 (KDE 3.2)
Some binary newsgroups have half their images as application/octet-stream, with file names that clearly indicate a jpg picture. A bit of intelligence would come in handy here, it is apain to have to choose KView every time I want to seen an educational picture.

Comment 3 Roberto Selbach 2004-11-05 14:32:22 UTC

I still think that the client used to send those attachments is the wrong one, we can check some patterns (magic numbers) on the files.

As for intelligence, your definition is not the same as mine. The file names don't indicate anything. Forget about filenames, they mean nothing.

Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-04 18:38:32 UTC

Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years so I am closing this bug.