[Dovecot] [Dovecot 1.1.3] Strange problem with attachment download

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI]

From: Thomas Gropp <togro at fbta.uni-karlsruhe.de>
> I am testing Dovecot 1.1.3 at the moment to see if I can migrate from 
> UW-Imap(mbox) to Dovecot(maildir). Because I dont' want to influence the 
> production server I installed Dovecot on an ununsed computer with some 
> dummy-testusers using ssl and maildir. Installation was without any 
> problems and everything works fine with one exception: I cannot download 
> some attachments. If the attachment is a simple textfile or bitmap it's 
> ok, but everything else (pdf, zip, etc. - size doesn't matter) does not 
> work. Here is what happens:
> 
> 1) I right-click on the attached file -> "save as" (using Thunderbird 2)
> 2) I choose a target dir (no matter if local disk or nfs)
> 3) the download-dialog pops up and says: "starting...."

I'd suggest trying first with another client to see if it's not an issue
with Thunderbird, which in my opinion is not very good at handling
attachments in imap.