On 11/6/06, Alan in Toronto <Alantoronto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, November 6, 2006 10:14 am, Paul Lesniewski wrote: > > On 11/6/06, Alan in Toronto <Alantoronto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Mon, November 6, 2006 9:51 am, Fredrik Jervfors wrote: > >> <snip installation details> > >> >> Sometimes attachments e-mailed to me are unreadable if I download > >> them > >> >> via SquirrelMail. Usually these are JPG or graphics files such as AI > >> or > >> >> PDF. I use the "Download" link in SM to save them to my PC. > >> >> > >> >> Most attachment files work fine through that process, but > >> periodically I > >> >> find that some are unreadable when downloaded via SquirrelMail. The > >> >> files > >> >> are either corrupted or the header info is mangled such that the > >> >> graphics > >> >> or image viewer can't load them. The problem is specific to certain > >> >> messages or attachments, even though other messages and attachments > >> of > >> >> the same type from the same sender may open okay. > >> >> > >> >> When this problem occurs, I then download the message using MS > >> Outlook > >> >> and save the attachments from there. Those files are readable. > >> >> > >> >> What might cause this inability to view attachments from certain > >> >> messages > >> >> in SquirrelMail? > >> > > >> > Have you tried it in an installation without any plugins enabled, i.e. > >> is > >> > the problem in a plugin or in the core? > >> > > >> > Sincerely, > >> > Fredrik > >> > >> Good idea. No, I haven't. The problem is that this occurs randomly and > >> only occasionally, so I might have to run without plugins for weeks > >> until > >> I again experienced a message with unreadable attachments. > > > > Why? When you have the problem, go into config/config.php, comment > > out all the plugin lines by adding /* before the first plugins > > line and */ after the last one. > > I'll do that. I was thinking of it differently, thinking that the message > could be affected even once I'd viewed it in SM. Your approach makes more > sense, to think of it as a download problem, so that plugins wouldn't need > to be disabled in advance of receiving such a message. Right. SM does NOT modify messages on the IMAP server unless you tell it to (or if you have some strange rouge plugin). Some things are kept in PHP session that can make you think messages have been modified, but if you log out and back in again, even those things will reset themselves. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
