Version: (using KDE 4.1.2) OS: Linux Installed from: SuSE RPMs When saving attachments from emails sent from Outlook, KMail includes the quotes from the attachment description in the filename. Outlook adds the attachment as per the attached screenshot, with the attachment filename in quotes, then the description as the filename with no quotes. Here is an example of the relevant headers from the Outlook email: Content-Type: application/msword; name="#2782339-v1-Southern_Expressway_RS485_Wiring_Audit_-_July_2008.DOC" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description: #2782339-v1-Southern_Expressway_RS485_Wiring_Audit_-_July_2008.DOC Content-Disposition: attachment; filename= "#2782339-v1-Southern_Expressway_RS485_Wiring_Audit_-_July_2008.DOC" When saving the attachment from KMail, it encloses the destination filename in quotes by default. This breaks kde's filetype associations due to the fact that the filename extension now includes a double quote e.g. KMail saves test.doc as "test.doc" - KDE then sees the document extension as .doc" and does not recognise the file type. This may well be due to Outlook's handling of attachment filenames (I haven't read the relevant RFC to see if it is compliant). The workaround is to delete the quotes from KMail's Save As... dialog before saving the file, however it would be better if KMail stripped the quotes from the beginning and end of the filename automatically. Could this be added please, at least as a configurable option? We already have Outlook compatibility options for sending emails and invitations, so it shouldn't be too hard to add an option for receiving attachments also.
Created attachment 27747 [details] Partial screenshot showing how attachment is displayed in kmail
Created attachment 27748 [details] Screen shot of Save As dialog showing filename in quotes.
I still suffer from that today end of January 2010 on Fedora 12 with kde4.3.4 and Kmail 1.12.4
This is still an issue with KMail 1.13.7 on KDE 4.6.5
Still valid in 4.9 ? If yes could you send me an email example please ?
Don't know - still running 4.6.5. I haven't updated to KMail2 for various reasons - I'm running 1.13.7 - so I can't say whether or not it is still in 4.9 or not, but if nothing has been done about it since 4.6.5 then I'm guessing it will be. I will try sending an email with attachment from Outlook when I get to work next week so you can check how 4.9 handles it.
Ok thanks
No news :)
(In reply to comment #8) > No news :) Sorry - haven't had a chance to try it out, yet, like I promised I would. Give me until Monday (since it is now Friday night and I need to be at work to test it).
No problem :) I have some other bugs to fix :)
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