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

[Kris Sorem Sr]

My reply to message from David Azarewicz sent on
Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:10:16 -0700 (PDT). You wrote:

>On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:51:31 -0400, Jimmy S. McCorquodale, Jr. wrote:
>
>>In all bug reports I have recieved from users, over the past two years (including 
>>compiled lists from the mailing lists)  I haven't seen anythign about this prior to >>today.  
>>I have added it to the bug list.
>
>Here is the reply from Ike to the bug report I made in 1998....
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>Received: from mendelev.southsoft.com [38.153.243.2] by in5.ibm.net id 
>891269796.77334-1 ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:56:36 +0000
>Received: from einsteinium (einstienium.southsoft.com [38.153.243.130])
>	by mendelev.southsoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA11084
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>From: "PMMail for OS/2 Support" <pmmail@southsoft.com>
>To: "David Azarewicz" <dazar@ibm.net>
>Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 10:15:06 -0500
>Reply-To: "PMMail for OS/2 Support" <pmmail@southsoft.com>
>Priority: Normal
>X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.00.1500) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3)
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>Subject: Re: Aparent bug in PMMail
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>then, you ened to wait until the other messages have finished sending
>so that the file can be detached and reattached using the tempo
>directroy.  eeither that or save them out seperatly giving them
>different names, and then attach them manually.
>
>Ike.

Ike's response reveals why this report was not placed in a bug list. I
agree with him. PMMail uses the o/s file system. TMK, your o/s does not
permit two different files with the same file name to coexist in the same
directory. Why then do you expect this from PMMail? How is this a bug?
Should PMMail arbitrarily change the name of the attachment? I don't think
so.

BTW, I suggest reviewing your account settings. Do you have account
settings=> prompts=>Verify Attachment Decode When Duplicate Filename
Exists 'checked'?

The designers of PMMail chose to detach and reattach an attachment as part
of forwarding a message. I don't see the need to do this but I haven't
studied the problem in depth. I haven't encountered your 'bug?'.
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JMO, 
/s/~Kris
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