[Dovecot] PDF corruption issue

[Seth Mattinen]

Patrick Nagel wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> On 2009-01-08 18:29, Charles Marcus wrote:
> | On 1/8/2009, Ed W (lists at wildgooses.com) wrote:
> |> I personally suspect Thunderbird, but it's possible that it is related
> |> to Dovecot
> |
> | I have also seen TBird have a corrupt local cache of the file... it
> | seems to usually happen to people who I know are the 'impatient' type,
> | and will click on a message with a large attachment, then when it
> | doesn't respond *immediately*, start clicking on other 
> messages/folders...
> |
> | I know it is a local cache problem because if I delete the local copy of
> | the folder in question and force TBird to re-download the message from
> | the IMAP server, the PDF (or whatever) is fine... so yes, TBird has a
> | problem in this area...
> 
> Have a look at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253711 - may be
> related.
> 

I just came across the corruption issue with Thunderbird today trying to 
download a 4 meg PDF. The trick was to sit and stare at it while it 
thought about the attachment after quitting and reopening. Clicking 
around will anger it.

~Seth