294359 - Mail should append missing file extension on attachments (with known MIME type) when saving under windows

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(MailNews Core :: Attachments, enhancement)

Description

[John Coonrod]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050510
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050510

Example: When a Mac user sends a Word or Excel file to a Windows users, they
often fail to add a file extension. Mozilla Mail DOES know the file type and -
if the filename is carryinhg no extension - the Windows version of Mozilla Mail
should add it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Receive a Word document without a ".doc" at the end
2. Save the attachment.
3.
Actual Results:  
You get a file without a file extension and, therefore, mysteriously cannot open it!

Expected Results:  
Append .doc to the filename.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.