[Mimedefang] Inoffizial MIME-tools-5.411a-RP-Patched-05 available (includes a new data corruption fix)

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Tue Aug 31 21:25:06 EDT 2004


On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Martin Blapp wrote:

> - MS Outlook quoted printable encoded files were corrupted (carriage
> returns missing) if they were decoded by MIME-Tools. This version
> contains a workaround so action_rebuild() should be safe again (for
> PDF files). (patch partly from MailScanner)

This patch will be rejected.  It is not a MIME-Tools issue; rather, it's
a consequence of the way MIMEDefang and MailScanner hand the message off
to MIME-Tools.

"Fixing" PDF files will "break" other files.  It is simply inappropriate to
transmit PDF files using Quoted-Printable encoding, and any software that
does so deserves to have its PDF attachments broken.

Regards,

David.



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