From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 17:12:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E5D51065675 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:12:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewberry@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F01D8FC2B for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:12:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewberry@sentex.net) Received: from smtp1.sentex.ca (smtp1.sentex.ca [199.212.134.4]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5BHCPhm040829; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:12:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from andrewberry@sentex.net) Received: from [192.168.0.137] (p188ds3inxs.xDSL-1mm.sentex.ca [67.43.135.189]) by smtp1.sentex.ca (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5BHCOdW085478; Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:12:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from andrewberry@sentex.net) Message-ID: <4850076B.2010804@sentex.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:12:11 -0400 From: Andrew Berry User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ian Smith References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/7040/Mon May 5 21:52:15 2008 clamav-milter version 0.93 on clamscanner2 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 205.211.164.50 Cc: Paul Schmehl , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems opening mail on this list X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:12:29 -0000 Ian Smith wrote: > However, what normally happens to attachments to questions@, at least to > digests, is that they get stripped with a note pointing to the original > attachment, as this subsequent message from Chad illustrates: > Which makes sense - attachments don't clog up the list, and people can download them if they want. What I think is happening is that the attachment is being stripped, and Outlook is looking for it since it can be inferred that it exists from the MIME type. Of course, the error should be that the message can't be authenticated (That's what Mail does, and it's just a line, not a modal dialog), and have nothing to do with the recipient needing a certificate. But I think it's more general, as a PGP signature (which is no different from any other attachment) also caused Bob the error. I wonder if *any* scrubbed attachment will cause a problem? I just had to set up another system as my macbook's network card has died, so I'll send a signed message with Thunderbird in a minute to see if it also causes the error. Bob, if it still causes an error, you should seriously look at changing to a mail client which won't cause you these problems, since you can't control what users on mailing lists send you :). --Andrew