[pmmail-list] PMMAIL 2.20.2380 file corruption (forwards with attachments)

[Abel Jeffcoat]

I totally agree with you. It isn't like PMMAil is a free application. They should completely fix the bug.


Sincerely,

Abel Jeffcoat

On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 09:13:54 -0700 (PDT), David Azarewicz wrote:

>Yes, I reported this "bug" about 3 years ago (yes YEARS) when I did just about the 
>same thing with license files.  I was told it was not a bug and to use different file 
>names.  Not a solution in my opinion.
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>David
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>On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:57:37 +0200, Ulrich Jakobus wrote:
>
>>There is a bug in PMMAIL 2.20.2380 for Windows so that wrong
>>files get sent as attachment when e-mails are forwarded. Quite
>>simple to reproduce:
>>
>> - create a file c:\x.dat with content "File 1"
>>
>> - send an e-mail to yourself with subject "Mail 1" and
>>   with the file c:\x.dat attached (this file contains "File 1")
>>
>> - create a file c:\x.dat with content "File 2" (i.e. overwrite
>>   or edit existing file)
>>
>> - send an e-mail to yourself with subject "Mail 2" and
>>   with the file c:\x.dat attached (this file contains "File 2")
>>
>> - now we have received 2 e-mails with subjects "Mail 1" and "Mail 2",
>>   both have a file "x.dat" attached, which is of course different
>>   in content
>>
>> - forward the received e-mail with subject "Mail 1" to yourself
>>   (forward including attached file)
>>
>> - forward the received e-mail with subject "Mail 2" to yourself
>>   (forward including attached file)
>>
>>
>>BUG: The file "x.dat" which is now attached to both the forwarded
>>     e-mails has "File 1" attached. The attached file "File 2" of
>>     Mail 2 got replaced with "File 1" (probably an already existing
>>     file "x.dat" in the PMMAIL TEMP folder is not overwritten when
>>     then second e-mail is forwarded).
>>
>>
>>This is quite a serious bug for me. I created licence files "licence.dat"
>>for our customers and the licence creation program sent them to me.
>>I forwarded these licence files to all our customers, and now it turns
>>out that all of them but the first got the wrong licence file (all got
>>the licence file intended for the first customer). The only workaround
>>is to explicitely safe the file from the received e-mail and attach it
>>again to the e-mail to be forwareded.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Ulrich Jakobus
>>
>>
>>
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>David Azarewicz  david@deltasys.org
>http://www.deltasys.org/david
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