Re: mangled attachments

[wietse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Wietse Venema)]

Curtis Vaughan:
> I don't know what's going on with our postfix (2.1.1) server.
> 
> I've just discovered that when sending attachments to mailboxes on this 
> server, the attachments might remain as mime attachments as opposed to 
> the original attachment.
> 
> For example. When an employee sends 2 Excel files to my mailbox, I get 
> the 2 Excel files. Whereas when he sends the exact same message with 
> attachments to Sales, the attachments come through as a mime 
> attachment.
> 
> Now, I thought maybe it had to do with the mail client program, so I 
> set up the Sales account on my computer and again, although I got the 
> files normally on my account, they came through as a single mime 
> attachment for Sales.
> 
> So, I also went to the server using Webmin and looked at the users' 
> mailboxes. In my mailbox there were 2 Excel file attachment shown, 
> whereas for Sales there was one mime attachment.
> 
> Why would postfix be doing this?

Postfix does not do change the MIME structure.

	Wietse