Version: (using KDE KDE 3.1) Installed from: Compiled From Sources Compiler: gcc-3.1 OS: Linux If a base64 TEXT/PLAIN attachment is saved to a file (under unix), kmail-1.5 does not convert from DOS-style to unix-style end of line markers, as it IMHO should, and for instance mutt or pine do. Similarly no conversion is done while sending such attachments. Again pine and mutt always convert to DOS-style but here I am really sure what the correct bahavior is. reproduce by sending a base64 encoded TEXT/PLAIN attachment to yourself and save it to a file using kmail. The resulting file will have CRLF end of line, while the original file had not.
is there some standard that says what pine/mutt do, is needed? Otherwise it's a wishlist.
Subject: Re: base64 TEXT/PLAIN attachment: no conversion of dos-style end of line > is there some standard that says what pine/mutt do, is needed? Otherwise > it's a wishlist. In rfc 2045, which to my knowledge defines Base64 encoding, we find: 6.8. Base64 Content-Transfer-Encoding ... Care must be taken to use the proper octets for line breaks if base64 encoding is applied directly to text material that has not been converted to canonical form. In particular, text line breaks must be converted into CRLF sequences prior to base64 encoding. The important thing to note is that this may be done directly by the encoder rather than in a prior canonicalization step in some implementations. ... The correct behavior is therefore to convert text/plain attachments to CRLF line breaks first, then encode in base64. Upon receiving, we should decode from base64, and then convert the CRLF sequences to the canonical linebreaks of the system.
so it's a bug and no wish
Any way to make kmail support base64 encoding in Menu->Settings->Configure KMail->Network->Message Property ?
Andreas, I believe this was fixed a while ago by David. Can you please reopen this bug report if you are still having problem with KMail 1.7 or later? Thanks.
As the original reporter, I can confirm that the bug is now RESOLVED (testet with kmail 1.6.2 on "debian testing") Thanks a lot for this one!