Re: PDFs within squirrelmail

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On Thu, December 11, 2008 11:20 am, Tomas Kuliavas wrote:
>
>
> Bo Lynch wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, December 11, 2008 9:40 am, Tomas Kuliavas wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Bo Lynch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, December 11, 2008 6:36 am, Fredrik Jervfors wrote:
>>>>>> I just recently upgraded my workstation to CentOS 5.2
>>>>>> I have the following
>>>>>> firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.centos evince-0.6.0-8.el5 acroread -version
>>>>>> 8.1.3
>>>>>> On the mail server we are running
>>>>>> squirrelmail-1.4.8-4.0.1.el5.centos.2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I try to open a pdf from a website everything works fine. But
>>>>>> when
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> try to open a pdf from squirrelmail my only option is to save the
>>>>>> file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this an option in SquirrelMail or in your browswer? There are
>>>>> usually
>>>>> three links in SquirrelMail with somewhat different functionality.
>>>>> Which
>>>>> of them did you try?
>>>>>
>>>>>> Prior to this I was running Centos 4.7 with no problems. I'm sure
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> something simple that I'm missing. Any help would be greatly
>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Fredrik
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>  When someone send me a pdf the only option I have in squirrelmail is
>>>> to
>>>> download. Once selecting download I used to be able to select "open
>>>> file
>>>> with" and selct evince or acroread. Now my only option is save file.
>>>> When
>>>> viewing a pdf view the web everything works fine and it will prompt me
>>>> if
>>>> I would like to open in evince. Not sure if this is something with
>>>> squirrelmail or not but in the firefox settings I have set all plugins
>>>> and apps to use either evince or acroread. Just wondering if anyone on
>>>> the list has ever came across something like this.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is firefox setting. Button with file type action controls is on
>>> third
>>> options tab in Iceweasel. You have tried to save PDF and checked box to
>>> remember your selection.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tomas
>>
>>
>> I have all of this set/ The adobe plugin is enabled under firefox. The
>> app
>> association is I have tried everything....ask me, os default,
>> evince....and my only option is save when I select either download or
>> the
>> pdf attachment in the email.
>>
>
> Could you upload copy of your mimeTypes.rdf to some file sharing service?
> You can find it in your mozilla firefox profile directory. If you suspect
> that file contains private information, review it with plain text editor.
>
> Could you disable Adobe PDF plugin?
>
> Please note that this is not SquirrelMail issue. The only thing that might
> be related to SquirrelMail is Firefox user-agent string and User Agent
> Switcher addon.
>
> SquirrelMail has two links for every attachment. Try clicking on filename
> instead of clicking on "download".
>
> --
> Tomas
> --


I disabled the adobe plugin and also tried clicking on the filename with
no luck. The thing that really throws me for a loop is that this is only
withing squirelmail. If I forward the pdf to my gmail account I am able to
click download and it prompts me with "open with" or "save".

Bo Lynch



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