370748 - Cannot attach files that contain Unicode characters in their names

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 332110

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: Thunderbird v1.5, Thunderbird v2 beta, Thunderbird v3 alfa

Under Windows XP, NT or 2000, Thunderbird can attach the file
"夢įžşţвыيب.txt", but sending the message results in an error:

"Sending of message failed.
Unable to open a temporary file D:/Dokumentai/_ižst____.txt. Check your temporary
directory setting."

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a text file and name it as shown above (夢įžşţвыيب.txt)
2. Attach this file to your message.
3. The file will show up correctly in the attachment list (in Thunderbird v1.5 characters not present in your system codepage will be replaced with "?")
Actual Results:  
Error message appears:

"Sending of message failed.
Unable to open a temporary file D:/Dokumentai/_ižst____.txt. Check your temporary
directory setting."

Expected Results:  
The file should have been sent and saved to the "Sent" directory with a correct filename.