Thunderbird shows "application/octet-stream;" attachments inline as base64

[David Taylor]

Hi,

There seems to be an issue with displaying attachments in the latest TB
builds (Lanikai 3.1b2pre). An attachment with a content type header of
"application/octet-stream;" (see below) is displayed inline as raw
base64 data. Changing the header to "application/x-zip-compressed;", for
example, causes the attachment to display correctly albeit with the
wrong mime type.

--JivePart=_35b0c.zeB8CwDOH5aMJzMl
Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
name="heirarchy_tree.pas"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="heirarchy_tree.pas"

Is this a known issue?

Thanks!

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David Taylor
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Should be this bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550669
You can add yourself to CC: list

[JoeS]

No
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538407 more likely.
Fix was checked in today

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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_3.0_-_New_Features_and_Changes
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Thunderbird/Thunderbird_Binaries
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Breakpad#Using_the_application_to_view_crash_reports

[David Taylor]

On 3/9/2010 6:39 PM, JoeS wrote:
>>>
>> Should be this bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550669
>> You can add yourself to CC: list
> No
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538407 more likely.
> Fix was checked in today
>

Thanks, the bug description seems to match what I am seeing. I will wait
to see if the problem continues after the next update. I am also looking
into a problem with vCalendar files not being displayed in Lightning.
Perhaps it is a related issue.

David

[David Taylor]

On 3/9/2010 9:26 PM, David Taylor wrote:
>
> Thanks, the bug description seems to match what I am seeing. I will wait
> to see if the problem continues after the next update. I am also looking
> into a problem with vCalendar files not being displayed in Lightning.
> Perhaps it is a related issue.
>

FYI vCalendar issue was fixed after installing the latest nightly
Lightning build.

David

[David Taylor]

On 3/9/2010 9:26 PM, David Taylor wrote:
>

> Thanks, the bug description seems to match what I am seeing. I will wait
> to see if the problem continues after the next update. I am also looking
> into a problem with vCalendar files not being displayed in Lightning.
> Perhaps it is a related issue.
>

This issue is now fixed :)

David

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