Closed Bug 398967 Opened 18 years ago Closed 17 years ago

Problem extracting attachments sent from Apple Mail

Categories

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
General
Platform:
PowerPC
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 378729

People

(Reporter: pajek, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; sl; rv:1.8.1.7) Gecko/20070914 Firefox/2.0.0.7 Build Identifier: 20070728 If I extract attachments sent from Apple Mail the files are corrupted. It looks like resource and data fork from are "glued" together (first resource and then data fork) in a single file. If I forward the same mail to another e-mail address, and open it on Windows computer it works as expected. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Send an email with attachment using Apple Mail application 2. Receive and open sent mail in Thunderbird 3. Extract attachment Actual Results: It looks like resource and data forks of the attached file are "glued" together in a single file. Expected Results: There should be only one file with only data fork in it. I couldn't find anything on the subject so I am posting a bug here. I hope I didn't miss an already posted bug/solution.
Trouble extracting this PDF attachment (11342_31.5x90.pdf): Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4-251306562 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) --Apple-Mail-4-251306562 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; delsp=yes; format=flowed Thanks! Attached is a PDF [snip] Thank you =EF=BF=BC --Apple-Mail-4-251306562 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=Apple-Mail-5-251306562 --Apple-Mail-5-251306562 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = [snip] class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-5-251306562 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/pdf; x-mac-type=50444620; x-unix-mode=0644; x-mac-creator=4341524F; name=11342_31.5x90.pdf Content-Disposition: inline; filename=11342_31.5x90.pdf JVBERi0xLjQNJeLjz9MNCjQgMCBvYmoNPDwvTGluZWFyaXplZCAxL0wgNzUzMjMzL08gNi9FIDY4 NzgyOC9OIDEvVCA3NTMxMTIvSCBbIDg1NiAxOTVdPj4NZW5kb2JqDSAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAg [snip] MjggMDAwMDAgbg0KMDAwMDY4Nzg3OSAwMDAwMCBuDQowMDAwNzUyOTYzIDAwMDAwIG4NCnRyYWls ZXINPDwvU2l6ZSA0Pj4Nc3RhcnR4cmVmDTExNg0lJUVPRg0= --Apple-Mail-5-251306562 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Apple-Mail-5-251306562-- --Apple-Mail-4-251306562--
I remember seeing this problem a lot with attachments on Apple Mail-created e-mails. More recently, I notice that in many cases the "delete" or "detach" functions simply do not do anything at all. (Using TB 2.0.0.14 on Linux here) In some respects, that's actually worse. I prefer an attachment that I can get rid of (to archive the e-mail without it), even if there are a few messed up characters at the end. Now, I am stuck with the attachment! Any idea what can be done, anyone?
I can confirm this bug on Thunderbird 2.0.0.0.16 on *Intel* Macs. It does not happen on *PPC's*
I wonder why this longstanding and IMHO serious bug is still unconfirmed. It seriously compromises the usability of Thunderbird on the Macintosh Platform: Attachments sent from Apple Mail are a daily occurrence in the graphics business and every new Mac has an Intel processor. I am responsible for 10+ Mac workstations and decided to equip them with Thunderbird instead of Apple Mail. I don't know how long I can justify my decision as long as this bug is not fixed.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Version: unspecified → 2.0
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