Re: [Mailman-Users] Long name of the attachemnets in mailman list

Tu Ngo wrote:

1.   Does the mailman automatically rename the attachment due to the

   long name of the attachment?

2.   If yes, how long should the name of the attachment be so that it

   would not be changed by mailman?

3.   If no, could you please explain to me the reason why the name had

   been changed?

This is all controlled by configuration settings. The default settings are

SCRUBBER_DONT_USE_ATTACHMENT_FILENAME = True

SCRUBBER_USE_ATTACHMENT_FILENAME_EXTENSION = False

which means that all stored attachments will have a "made up" name and an extension based on the MIME Content-Type of the attachment.

In order to preserve the original name and extension of the attachment when it is stored, you need to set

SCRUBBER_DONT_USE_ATTACHMENT_FILENAME = False SCRUBBER_USE_ATTACHMENT_FILENAME_EXTENSION = True

in mm_cfg.py, but this can allow attachments to be stored with names that might not be valid on all systems and with extensions that might disguise the actual content type.

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