Re: semi-OT: t-bird mime type on .pdf attachment is wrong

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Tris Hoar wrote:
> On 22/04/2015 19:25, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I was sending my manager a copy of a form, and attached it (not inline),
>> using -t-bird, and he complains it didn't want to open. Looking at the
>> message source, t-bird had decided that the mime type was all/allfiles,
>> though the name ended in .pdf. I've searched via the config editor, and
>> I've been googling, and not finding anything. (I just *adore* the
>> current google: I have +"all/allfiles" in the search terms, and in the
para it
>> displays on a hit I see "all somethingorother", with the word "all"
>> bolded....)
>>
>> Anyone got ideas? I've looked in
>> .thunderbird/<blah>.default/mime_types.rdf, and everything looks good in
>> there.
>
> Did you check the mime type of the file? just because it says PDF does
> not make that true.
> You can use file to check it.
>
file docs/*.pdf, and all come back saying that they're PDF document,
version 1.4

I believe this is a t-bird issue (another one, since they broke it six
months or so ago).

      mark

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