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

From: Thomas Gropp togro@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.