Bug 279170

Summary:	unpacking of winmail.dat
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	montel, simone, winter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.99.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	4.8.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Ferdinand Gassauer 2011-08-02 13:29:21 UTC

Version:           1.99.0 (using KDE 4.7.0) 
OS:                Linux

it's more a question, if kmail2 could handle winmail.dat attachments in a generic way without relying on tknef or similar



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
ask windows user to send multiple documents

Actual Results:  
winmail.dat as attachment, can't be opened

Expected Results:  
see the content of winmail.dat

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop
Compiler: gcc

Comment 1 Laurent Montel 2011-08-03 08:03:18 UTC

is it a missing feature or a bug ?

Comment 2 Ferdinand Gassauer 2011-08-03 15:36:23 UTC

well users perceive it as bug if they can not open an attachment

the problem is also that the sender does not know and see, that he is producing an attachment "winmail.dat"

see the reason here

http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/Prevent_Winmail_dat_Attachments_from_Being_Sent_in_Outlook.htm

Comment 3 Allen Winter 2011-12-13 22:47:15 UTC

last night I committed a fix that makes KMail2 capable of looking at winmail.dat contents inline.

current plans call for not resurrecting the standalone ktnef program