[pmmail-list] attachment file names and filters

[Paul D.J. de Vos]

|=20I=20agree=20with=20that;=20the=20printed=20message=20ought=20to=20have=
=20a=20table=20summarizing=20the=20
|=20attachments.=20=20That=20should=20not=20be=20hard=20to=20do.=20=20Outl=
ook=20does=20it=20(ducks=20the=20
|=20tomatoes).

I=20may=20be=20a=20bit=20dense=20as=20regards=20programming=20matters,=20b=
ut=20I=20have=20not=20discovered
any=20way=20to=20automatically=20add=20the=20names=20of=20the=20files=20I=20=
have=20attached=20to=20a
message.=20One=20would=20expect=20that=20it=20were=20possible=20to=20use=20=
variables=20in=20automatic
signatures,=20but=20apparently=20this=20is=20not=20the=20case.=20They=20on=
ly=20seem=20to=20work=20in
filters.=20I=20know=20I=20regularly=20get=20messages=20that=20DO=20list=20=
the=20attachments,=20so=20it
should=20not=20be=20too=20hard=20to=20do.

The=20original=20poster=20only=20refers=20to=20printing=20messages,=20but=20=
an=20easy=20way=20of
referencing=20attachment=20file=20names=20both=20for=20incoming=20AND=20ou=
tgoing=20messages
should=20be=20possible.

Or=20am=20I=20missing=20something=20and=20can=20someone=20inform=20me=20ho=
w=20to=20pull=20this=20off?=20I
frequently=20get=20replies=20to=20mails=20I=20have=20sent=20to=20clients=20=
with=20files=20attached,=20and
although=20they=20duly=20quote=20the=20message,=20they=20rarely=20mention=20=
which=20files=20were
attached=20(if=20any).=20This=20means=20I=20need=20to=20dig=20out=20the=20=
original=20message=20to=20see
what=20=93your=20file=94=20in=20their=20message=20refers=20to.

|=20>On=20Messages=20I've=20sent=20there=20IS=20eventually=20a=20way=20to=20=
get=20the=20Filename=20of=20the
|=20>File=20I've=20attached.
|=20
|=20The=20FILENAME,=20yes,=20but=20not=20the=20PATH.=20=20That=20isn't=20s=
tored=20anywhere,=20and=20there's

|=20no=20place=20to=20put=20it.=20=20As=20soon=20as=20the=20message=20goes=
=20into=20the=20outbox,=20the=20
|=20attachment=20exists=20only=20as=20a=20MIME-encoded=20section=20in=20th=
e=20"sent"=20folder.=20=20There

|=20is=20no=20longer=20any=20connection=20to=20the=20original=20file=20on=20=
disk.=20=20The=20message=20in=20the

|=20"sent"=20folder=20is=20an=20exact=20copy=20of=20what=20went=20out=20to=
=20your=20recipients.=20=20You=20
|=20don't=20want=20path=20names=20embedded=20in=20outgoing=20messages,=20b=
ecause=20that=20reveals=20
|=20information=20about=20the=20organization=20of=20your=20hard=20disk.
|=20

met=20vriendelijke=20groeten,
yours=20sincerely,

Paul=20D.J.=20de=20Vos
Vertaalbureau=20de=20Vos
Mari=EBnstein=2076
1852=20SH=20Heiloo
Netherlands
tel=20+31=20(0)72=20532=2007=2076
fax=20+31=20(0)72=20532=2007=2027

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