[Mailman-Users] Mailman drops extension of attachment

[Peter A. Solomon]

> Read through the thread. No it didn't help. I change the filebase,
> ignore to filebase, ext like the thread indicated but I still end up
> with the same thing. The problem is the mailman handles the file name
> and the fact that users are using long file names. Its not a problem
> with the extention as I thought. Mailman drops the last part of the
> file name off, so a file name like this:
> PRESIDENT'S NEWSLETTER NO. 2 - 2003-2004 ACADEMIC December.pdf
> 
> Becomes a file name like this:
> PRESIDENT'S NEWSLETTER NO. 2 - 2003-2004 ACADEMIC
> 
> So the December.pdf part is lost. I've verified it is not a MUA
> problem by running tests in debug mode and checking what got sent to
> Mailman. It is in the attachment handling routine of mailman that the
> problem exists.
> 
> ====================
> Kevin W. Gagel
> Network Administrator
> (250) 561-5848 local 448
> (250) 562-2131 local 448

Have you tried a shorter attachment name, quite possible this is the result
of a limitation in the length of your attachments name? I would also remove
the apostrophe from "PRESIDENT'S" and especially the Period after "NO." as
this might also be causing a problem.