57465 - Attachment corrupted going Mac->Win

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect, P3)

Description

[Peter Trudelle]

I used today's branch verification build for MacOS to download today's Win32
N6Setup.exe file, then mailed it to myself as an attachment.
Using yesterday's branch verification build on Win98, I opened the message using
IMAP, and saved the attachment to my hard disk.
When I clicked on the executable, I got an error saying that it could not be
run, because the format is invalid. I waited a minute and tried again, same result.
I then transferred the file through filesharing on Jazz, and was able to run it
on my Win98 box, so I know the source file was good.

Comment 1

[fenella]

Assign it to myself.

Comment 2

[fenella]

To Esther ..

Comment 3

[Keyser Sose]

Reporter is this still a problem in the latest nightlies? I am 95% sure this
doesnt exist anymore.

Comment 4

[Peter Trudelle]

I don't know, this isn't something I really need to do much. Esther, has anyone
been able to reproduce this in recent builds?

Comment 5

[esther]

I will try this today.

Comment 6

[esther]

Using mac build 2001-05-02 I sent myself as an attachment the netscap6.exe that 
points to the fpt server and the bundled netscap6.exe.  I retrieved these msgs 
from my IMAP Inbox on my windows system and saved them to the desktop.  I then 
clicked on each one to install the app.  Both installed OK. No errors about the 
format being invalid. Note: the full bundle took 3-4 minutes to download, the 
first time I clicked on it to download it I closed the app not paying attention 
to the downloading status (it was still downloading).  When I clicked on the 
incomplete download (which showed an empty icon on the desktop) I did get an 
invalid for Win32 error.  But when I waited for the downloading status to go 
away the exe installed OK. 

This can be resolved as worksforme now.
 

Comment 7

[Scott MacGregor]

thanks esther.

Comment 8

[esther]

verified