Closed Bug 277170 Opened 20 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Importing from Outlook truncates names of attachments

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Import, defect)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Import
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 240756

People

(Reporter: derrin, Unassigned)

Details

Names of Attachment files in emails imported from Outlook 2000 are truncated to
common Windows 8,3 file naming format, hence truncated.  On the plus side,
multiple attachments in a single email that start with the same first letters
are labelled uniquely

For example

Two files in one email                 Become ....

Interview Questions.doc                Intervie.doc
Intervidw Tips.doc                     Intervi1.doc



(I know Spaces should never be used in file names, but hey we live in Microsoft
Land where non technical people are sending documents over email without
consideration)

This is not a grind at all - but it may get picked up by lesser ugly folk than
myself wanting to migrate.

Thanks
Not a TB auto-migration bug -> Core:MailNews:Import
Assignee: mscott → nobody
Component: Migration → MailNews: Import
Product: Thunderbird → Core
Version: 1.0 → Trunk

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 240756 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: Core → MailNews Core
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