A R C H I V E D     M E S S A G E

Subject: file attachment problems with hotmail accounts

Posted: 04/15/2004 at 7:02:48 pm

By: p.goodwin

So far I've had great success with this script. Was easy to setup and integrated very well into the website. But when an attachment (currently PDF) is sent to a hotmail account it shows the binary data as part of the e-mail not as an attachment. Any ideas?

Subject: Re: file attachment problems with hotmail accounts

Posted: 04/15/2004 at 8:06:47 pm

By: Seth Knorr

If this is the case the three variables in bizmail.cgi should be configured as follows. This is of course if you are using 2.1 - if not you will want to upgrade as there where some problems with some servers in previous versions: $att_format = ".pdf"; ## File attachement extension, or file type (basicaly .exstension ) ## # $att_content_type IS THE CONTENT-TYPE OF THE ATTACHMENT # $att_content_type = "pdf"; # FORMAT FOR A "PDF" # If these are set correctly and it is still not working, I would first try it with another email provider. If it still does not work let me know and I will try and think of something else. Also what type of server are you on. Seth

Subject: Re: file attachment problems with hotmail accounts

Posted: 04/16/2004 at 9:37:17 pm

By: p.goodwin

Hi Seth, Those settings were correct in the script. The script is running on a UNIX server (not sure what type) with a Apache web server. After giving your posting some thought I tried these settings ad it worked. $att_format = ".pdf"; ## File attachement extension, or file type (basicaly .exstension ) ## $att_content_type = "application/pdf"; # FORMAT FOR A "PDF" # Thanks for the help Paul