Re: attachment behavior

[Randy Yates]

Jaakko Kangasharju <ashar@iki.fi> writes:

> Randy Yates <randy.yates@sonyericsson.com> writes:
> 
> > I have successfully sent zip files and other types
> > of files for months. However, when I attach a pdf,
> > the file is corrupt (as reported by Adobe Acrobat)
> > on the receiving client. I can open the original
> > file just fine with Adobe Acrobat. This happens
> > whether attaching using the default mime type of
> > application/pdf as well as when forcing it to
> > application/octet-stream.
> 
> I remember having some problems because Gnus encoded PDFs in quoted
> printable; apparently it decided they were "text enough".  This then
> caused problems when the receiving end's mailer (quite properly) did
> newline conversion.  The following is what I put in my .gnus.el to fix
> this:
> 
> (setq mm-content-transfer-encoding-defaults
>       (cons '("application/pdf" base64)
>           mm-content-transfer-encoding-defaults))
> 
> Gnus 5.10 (at least the one I'm using) seems to encode PDF (and most
> other stuff) as base64 by default.

Beautiful! Fixes the problem while the helpless desk takes their
normal two weeks to process a ticket! Thanks.
-- 
Randy Yates
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
randy.yates@sonyericsson.com, 919-472-1124