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:
- I right-click on the attached file -> "save as" (using Thunderbird 2)
- I choose a target dir (no matter if local disk or nfs)
- 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.
On 9/24/2008, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI (eduardo@kalinowski.com.br) wrote:
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.
Been working fine for us on 60+ computers for years, with only one issue
- dragging attachments from the email to the local filesystem *sometimes* hangs TBird - but right-click > Save As works every time...
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Best regards,
Charles
Charles Marcus wrote:
On 9/24/2008, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI (eduardo@kalinowski.com.br) wrote:
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.
Been working fine for us on 60+ computers for years, with only one issue
- dragging attachments from the email to the local filesystem *sometimes* hangs TBird - but right-click > Save As works every time...
Actually I agree with the OP. Thunderbird "works" with attachments, but it's handling seems very creaky... (I'm a big fan of TB by the way!)
Stuff which annoys me is that it seems to download the attachment every time it's needed and in particular it seems to download it instantly as soon as you open a message (OE only downloads the text and gets the attachment only if you access it - I get a bunch of MB sized attachments from time to time and opening these messages just to review the text of the message is very slow and ponderous)
So yes, always test with something else to confirm a bug!
Ed
Ed W escreveu:
Actually I agree with the OP. Thunderbird "works" with attachments, but it's handling seems very creaky... (I'm a big fan of TB by the way!)
Stuff which annoys me is that it seems to download the attachment every time it's needed and in particular it seems to download it instantly as soon as you open a message (OE only downloads the text and gets the attachment only if you access it - I get a bunch of MB sized attachments from time to time and opening these messages just to review the text of the message is very slow and ponderous)
That's what I had in mind. It receives the whole message (including attachments), and after it's finished, if you want to save/view the attachment, it downloads it again!
-- Eduardo M Kalinowski eduardo@kalinowski.com.br
On 9/24/2008 1:03 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
Ed W escreveu:
Actually I agree with the OP. Thunderbird "works" with attachments, but it's handling seems very creaky... (I'm a big fan of TB by the way!)
Stuff which annoys me is that it seems to download the attachment every time it's needed and in particular it seems to download it instantly as soon as you open a message (OE only downloads the text and gets the attachment only if you access it - I get a bunch of MB sized attachments from time to time and opening these messages just to review the text of the message is very slow and ponderous)
That's what I had in mind. It receives the whole message (including attachments), and after it's finished, if you want to save/view the attachment, it downloads it again!
Ah, ok, that is true then... TBird certainly isn't perfect, but its one of the most stable/reliable IMAP clients I've used...
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Best regards,
Charles
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