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| #pragma page-filename DOC/versions/4030653 == 4.46. File extension in pipermail archive is obj or bin, not xls or doc. why? == From the mailing list: {{{ > whenever I access it through the archives it gets relinked to certain > location where the extension is either .obj or .bin ..problem is whenever a > user is accessing it.. he is asked on what application to open it with.. can > this prevented... that is still retains its attachments original extension > files. ex. .xls .doc? }}} Mailman archiver is designed to attain safety against malicious files like viruses. Typical virus mail has an attachment like this: {{{ > ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C0CA80.6B015D10 > Content-Type: audio/x-wav; > name="message.scr" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > Content-ID: <031401Mfdab4$3f3dL780$73387018@57W81fa70Re> > > TVqQAAMAAAAE... }}} Windows will execute this code if the extension is kept as .scr which is not an audio/x-wav file extension. Some mailers are not compliant with the IANA registered mime extension and put application/octet-stream content-type for excel or msword. In this case, mailman is very cautious not to trust the original extention and change it to .bin. If these files are sent by a compliant mailer like netscape, the content-type will be application/msword or application/vnd.ms-excel and the extension will become .doc or .xls. So, if you really don't care about safety, you must hack the code at your own risk. Note that beginning with Mailman 2.1.6, it is not necessary to hack the code. Just put {{{ SCRUBBER_USE_ATTACHMENT_FILENAME_EXTENSION = Yes }}} in mm_cfg.py. Oh, there is an option to use an external archiver... [[http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.003.htp]] ''Last changed on Wed Feb 6 04:11:29 2008 by'' Mark Sapiro <<Color2(Converted from the Mailman FAQ Wizard, col=darkgreen)>>This is one of many [[../Frequently Asked Questions|Frequently Asked Questions]]. |
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