Version: (using KDE KDE 3.3.2) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux I receive messages from Mac Outlook Express with an attachment (pdf-file) which is'n recogniced by kmail. Opening this message with M$ Outlook (Express) i can handle the attachment. In kmail when using the "View message code" ("Nachrichtencode ansehen" in german) i can see the base64 encoded attachment. I didn't find an error in the headers/markers so i will attach the mail file (only the original receiver/receiving server are "x"ed). I'm not able to access the attachment. The pdf-file is _not_ shown in the mime tree, too.
Created attachment 9067 [details] Faulty mail direct from Mail/inbox/curr (but renamed) This is the Mac Outlook Express mail which attachment cannot be accessed from kmail.
AFAICS, KMail is correct in interpreting that there is no attachment there, according to the RFCs and specifications. This is a bug in the email program that was used to send the email. Reason: in the mail header, you can find: Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="MS_Mac_OE_3188398887_418681_MIME_Part" Then, the first MIME part contains: --MS_Mac_OE_3188398887_418681_MIME_Part Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="MS_Mac_OE_3188398887_418681_MIME_Part" Note how it uses the same boundary marker. After the HTML part, we find the boundary end marker: --MS_Mac_OE_3188398887_418681_MIME_Part-- That means the whole email is finished. There is no attachment. All that follows is garbage and can be safely ignored by KMail. I'm not sure if this can be considered a bug in KMail as well. It is definetely a bug in Mac MS OE. RFC 2046: The boundary delimiter MUST NOT appear inside any of the encapsulated parts, on a line by itself or as the prefix of any line.
With comment #1 in mind, I am changing the summary for this bug, and also changing it to a wishlist item.
Thank you for your feature request. Kmail1 is currently unmaintained so we are closing all wishes. Please feel free to reopen a feature request for Kmail2 if it has not already been implemented. Thank you for your understanding.
Instead of creating a new feature request, please confirm here if the wishlist is still valid for kmail2.