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Bug 362546 - refuses to send some attachments
refuses to send some attachments
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.8.x (obsolete)
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-10-16 09:16 UTC by Duncan Lithgow
Modified: 2006-10-17 11:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.15/2.16


Description Duncan Lithgow 2006-10-16 09:16:41 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
Evolution runs on an ext3 partition. My files to attach are on a fat32 partition, but I've never had this problem before. After writing the email and attaching (or so I thought) some files, two w32 EXE files and a PDF I clicked on send and get the error message below - which does not help me fix the problem.

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Error while performing operation.

DATA command failed: Illegal Attachment l22sm361487nfc
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Steps to reproduce:
1. start a new email
2. attach a real w32 executable file (empty .exe files do not produce this bug)
3. try and send the mail with attachments


Actual results:
Failure to send

Expected results:
Success in sending

Does this happen every time?
yes

Other information:
I have evolution-dbg installed, but don't know how to use it to generate more detailed information.
Comment 1 Jeffrey Stedfast 2006-10-16 16:47:19 UTC 
your SMTP server is likely configured to not allow sending of exe attachments (typically trojans and/or viruses)
Comment 2 Duncan Lithgow 2006-10-17 11:40:57 UTC 
I will look into that. Either way evolutions stock message is not very useful. I don't know enough about possible causes to suggest a better text. I'll start a rfe instead.