Bug 72948

Summary: Warn if file attachment type does not match declared type
Product: [Unmaintained] kmail Reporter: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: bjoern
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.5.94   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: Saved mail

Description Robin Rosenberg 2004-01-19 12:50:33 UTC 
Version:           1.5.94 (using KDE 3.1.94 (CVS >= 20031206), Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.2 (Mandrake Linux 10.0 3.3.2-4mdk)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.24-0.pre2.1mdk

I think KMail should select a file icon based on what KDE think the attachment file type is instead of the declared type or mark the icon with a red question mark if there is a mismatch. KMail still tries to open the file based on the actual file type instead of the declared type.

Try attaching a png file, edit the attachment and change mime type to application/x-zip. 

When viewing the mail a zip icon will be shown and the properties show that it is a Zip archive, but opening will be done using kuickshow. There is warning about security, but nothing that indicates that the mail is seriously mailformed.
Comment 1 Robin Rosenberg 2004-01-19 12:51:56 UTC 
Created attachment 4238 [details]
Saved mail
Comment 2 Jaime Torres 2009-07-09 19:32:31 UTC 
Related to bug 199537
Comment 3 Björn Ruberg 2009-12-18 23:47:29 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 199537 ***