310592 - Wrong file name when attaching file located in directory containing a # symbol

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 243504

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Brad Stone]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7

If I attach a file that is located in a directory or sub directory of a
directory with a # symbol in its name, then the attached file is sent out as the
first part of the directory name before the # symbol.

Example, if I attach file c:\drawings\lot #9\asimpledrawing.dwg

The filename sent to the recipients will be "lot".

The mimetype is set properly and the data within the file is correct. But since
most mail clients use extension to decide what program opens it, or they save
the file then open it, it causes the recipients to not be able to open the file.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Attach file located within a directory with a # symbol in its name
2.Send file
3.Wait for the person who recieved the e-mail to complain. :)

Actual Results:  
Attached file had the filename of the first part of the directory before the #

Expected Results:  
It should've named the file to the same name as I had attached.

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

Reporter, which version are you using ? It's supposed to be fixed in Thunderbird
1.5 beta 1, see bug 243504.

Comment 2

[Brad Stone]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Reporter, which version are you using ? It's supposed to be fixed in Thunderbird
> 1.5 beta 1, see bug 243504.

I'm using the most recent binary available from the website, 1.0.7 (20050923)

Comment 3

[Adam Guthrie]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 243504 ***