Update to patches sgml
Tony Lambregts
tony_lambregts at telusplanet.net
Thu Dec 19 16:24:04 CST 2002
Joerg Mayer wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 10:36:14AM -0700, Tony Lambregts wrote:
>
>
>>Joerg Mayer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Maybe you should include a step by step instruction for outlook users
>>>how to do that. It seems that outlook is the leading misattachment generator,
>>>so instead of just telling people what NOT to do, maybe you can tell
>>>people how to do it right.
>>>
>>>
>>Well I suppose I could if I had those instructions.
>>
>>
>
>I jsut dug out the following mail:
>
>
Since I said I would... This patch is relative to my last patch
(patches.txt)
Change Log: add instructions to allow inlining attachements in Outlook
Express.
File: documentation/patches.sgml
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Tony Lambregts
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--- patches.old Thu Dec 19 14:35:41 2002
+++ patches.sgml Thu Dec 19 15:16:21 2002
@@ -133,6 +133,42 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <sect2 id="Inline-Attachments-with-OE">
+ <title>Inline attachments with Outlook Express</title>
+ <para>
+ Outlook Express is notorious for mangleing attachements. Giving the
+ patch a <filename>.txt</filename> extention and attaching will solve
+ the problem for most mailers including Outlook. Also, there is a way
+ to enable Outlook Express send <filename>.diff</filename>
+ attachmnets.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You need following two things to make it work.
+ </para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Make sure that <filename>.diff</filename> files have \r\n line
+ ends, because if OE detects that there is no \r\n line endings it
+ switches to quoted-printable format attachments.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Using regedit add key "Content Type" with value "text/plain"
+ to the .diff extension under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (same as for .txt
+ extension). This tells OE to use Content-Type: text/plain instead
+ of application/octet-stream.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para>
+ Item #1 is important. After you hit "Send" button, go to "Outbox"
+ and using "Properties" verify the message source to make sure that
+ the mail has correct format. You might want to send several test
+ emails to yourself too.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="patch-quality">
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