Missing MIMEMAP entries

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Philip Draper <Philip@...> said:

> I'm having problems with sending Word (.doc) files attached to emails.
>
> Files are generated on a PC (using Libre Office but I convert them to
> .doc) and transferred to my ARMiniX with LanMan98. They appear in the
> attachments box as /doc, which is as it should be, I think.
>
> Recipients complain that they cannot open the atachments. Resending
> them converted to pdf files works, as does sending them direct from
> the PC using Thunderbird.

"David J. Ruck" <druck@...> responded:

> Check you have an entry for .doc in your MIMEMAP file, or they will
> probably have a name of file.doc,ae6 or some such.

I'm starting a thread here on this list because I've often seen the 
same thing in other contexts than email attachments, though I've never 
established exactly when it happens and when it doesn't.

I have a file on the Windows side, I do SOMETHING with it on the RISC 
OS side, and it acquires the additional comma-extension, which of 
course prevents even the relevant local Windows application from 
understanding it.

It's easy enough to remove the comma-extension again, if and when it 
becomes apparent, but it's still a nuisance, though less serious than 
when it prevents the recipient of an email being able to open 
attachment.

Further discussion on the messenger-l@... list concerned the 
desirability of ROOL providing a more complete MIMEMAP file, 
separately from complete new !Boot and OS builds as it shouldn't need 
to be updated very often.

Richard

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