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From: me@somewhere.invalid (Terry Pinnell)
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Subject: PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:46:56 +0000
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by: Terry Pinnell - Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:46 UTC

My settings seem correct? Yet a PDF attached to an email opens in
IrfanView.

Executing the string in the Application box (in Run) correctly opens
PDF-XChange Editor.

And if I save the attachment to a local folder and double click it, it
opens in PDF-XChange Editor.

BTW, the Browse button doesn't work, so my attempt to delete and
re-enter failed.

Version 4.2/32 1118

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Terry

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From: -rf-nz-@-.invalid (Ralph Fox)
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Subject: Re: PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView
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by: Ralph Fox - Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:17 UTC

On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:46:56 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote:

> My settings seem correct? Yet a PDF attached to an email opens in
> IrfanView.
>
> Executing the string in the Application box (in Run) correctly opens
> PDF-XChange Editor.
>
> And if I save the attachment to a local folder and double click it, it
> opens in PDF-XChange Editor.
>
> BTW, the Browse button doesn't work, so my attempt to delete and
> re-enter failed.
>
> Version 4.2/32 1118
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ie9yvl1fr25ndmf/PDFOpensInIrfanView.jpg?raw=1
>
> Terry

Your problem is caused by this combination:

1) You have IrfanView set as the application for MIME type
application/octet-stream'
2) It seems the sender has sent the PDF with a MIME type of
application/octet-stream.

Generally you should not have an application set for MIME type
application/octet-stream. MIME type application/octet-stream is a
generic MIME type for when the sender does not have or know the
actual MIME type. When you have an application set for MIME type
application/octet-stream, that application may be used for other
attached files which you did not expect it to be used with.

Can you provide the information below...

1. Select the message with this PDF attachment.
2. Now go to "Message >> Index"
3. In the "Items" box, look for the row which represents this PDF
file attachment.
4. Select the row which represents this PDF file attachment.
5. Underneath the "Items" box, look at the following values
for the PDF file attachment:
(a) Type
(b) Disposition
(c) Encoding

What are the values for 'Type', 'Disposition', and 'Encoding'
for this PDF attachment?

--
Kind regards
Ralph

🕵️📰️ 🚀️ 🖼️

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From: me@somewhere.invalid (Terry Pinnell)
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Subject: Re: PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView
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by: Terry Pinnell - Wed, 1 Mar 2023 09:04 UTC

Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote:

>On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:46:56 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote:
>
>> My settings seem correct? Yet a PDF attached to an email opens in
>> IrfanView.
>>
>> Executing the string in the Application box (in Run) correctly opens
>> PDF-XChange Editor.
>>
>> And if I save the attachment to a local folder and double click it, it
>> opens in PDF-XChange Editor.
>>
>> BTW, the Browse button doesn't work, so my attempt to delete and
>> re-enter failed.
>>
>> Version 4.2/32 1118
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ie9yvl1fr25ndmf/PDFOpensInIrfanView.jpg?raw=1
>>
>> Terry
>
>
>Your problem is caused by this combination:
>
> 1) You have IrfanView set as the application for MIME type
> application/octet-stream'
> 2) It seems the sender has sent the PDF with a MIME type of
> application/octet-stream.
>
>Generally you should not have an application set for MIME type
>application/octet-stream. MIME type application/octet-stream is a
>generic MIME type for when the sender does not have or know the
>actual MIME type. When you have an application set for MIME type
>application/octet-stream, that application may be used for other
>attached files which you did not expect it to be used with.
>
>
>Can you provide the information below...
>
> 1. Select the message with this PDF attachment.
> 2. Now go to "Message >> Index"
> 3. In the "Items" box, look for the row which represents this PDF
> file attachment.
> 4. Select the row which represents this PDF file attachment.
> 5. Underneath the "Items" box, look at the following values
> for the PDF file attachment:
> (a) Type
> (b) Disposition
> (c) Encoding
>
>What are the values for 'Type', 'Disposition', and 'Encoding'
>for this PDF attachment?
>

Thanks Ralph. Here's the info:

Type: application/octet-stream

Disposition: Attachment: ufm39_DP77_-_Committee_In_Person_July_2021.pdf

Saved As:
C:\Users\terr...\ufm39_DP77_-_Committee_In_Person_July_2021.pdf

Terry

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by: Ralph Fox - Wed, 1 Mar 2023 17:36 UTC

On Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:04:31 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote:
> Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote:
>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:46:56 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote:
>>
>>> My settings seem correct? Yet a PDF attached to an email opens in
>>> IrfanView.
>>>
>>> Executing the string in the Application box (in Run) correctly opens
>>> PDF-XChange Editor.
>>>
>>> And if I save the attachment to a local folder and double click it, it
>>> opens in PDF-XChange Editor.
>>>
>>> BTW, the Browse button doesn't work, so my attempt to delete and
>>> re-enter failed.
>>>
>>> Version 4.2/32 1118
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ie9yvl1fr25ndmf/PDFOpensInIrfanView.jpg?raw=1
>>>
>>> Terry
>>
>>
>> Your problem is caused by this combination:
>>
>> 1) You have IrfanView set as the application for MIME type
>> application/octet-stream'
>> 2) It seems the sender has sent the PDF with a MIME type of
>> application/octet-stream.
>>
>> Generally you should not have an application set for MIME type
>> application/octet-stream. MIME type application/octet-stream is a
>> generic MIME type for when the sender does not have or know the
>> actual MIME type. When you have an application set for MIME type
>> application/octet-stream, that application may be used for other
>> attached files which you did not expect it to be used with.
>>
>>
>> Can you provide the information below...
>>
>> 1. Select the message with this PDF attachment.
>> 2. Now go to "Message >> Index"
>> 3. In the "Items" box, look for the row which represents this PDF
>> file attachment.
>> 4. Select the row which represents this PDF file attachment.
>> 5. Underneath the "Items" box, look at the following values
>> for the PDF file attachment:
>> (a) Type
>> (b) Disposition
>> (c) Encoding
>>
>> What are the values for 'Type', 'Disposition', and 'Encoding'
>> for this PDF attachment?
>>
>
> Thanks Ralph. Here's the info:
>
> Type: application/octet-stream
>
> Disposition: Attachment: ufm39_DP77_-_Committee_In_Person_July_2021.pdf
>
> Saved As:
> C:\Users\terr...\ufm39_DP77_-_Committee_In_Person_July_2021.pdf

Whether the attachment's MIME type is controlled by you or by the
sender depends on the Encoding.

--
Kind regards
Ralph

𝐶𝑦𝑚𝑟𝑢 𝑎𝑚 𝑏𝑦𝑡ℎ

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by: Terry Pinnell - Fri, 3 Mar 2023 16:20 UTC

Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:04:31 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote:
>> Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:46:56 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote:
>>>
>>>> My settings seem correct? Yet a PDF attached to an email opens in
>>>> IrfanView.
>>>>
>>>> Executing the string in the Application box (in Run) correctly opens
>>>> PDF-XChange Editor.
>>>>
>>>> And if I save the attachment to a local folder and double click it, it
>>>> opens in PDF-XChange Editor.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, the Browse button doesn't work, so my attempt to delete and
>>>> re-enter failed.
>>>>
>>>> Version 4.2/32 1118
>>>>
>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ie9yvl1fr25ndmf/PDFOpensInIrfanView.jpg?raw=1
>>>>
>>>> Terry
>>>
>>>
>>> Your problem is caused by this combination:
>>>
>>> 1) You have IrfanView set as the application for MIME type
>>> application/octet-stream'
>>> 2) It seems the sender has sent the PDF with a MIME type of
>>> application/octet-stream.
>>>
>>> Generally you should not have an application set for MIME type
>>> application/octet-stream. MIME type application/octet-stream is a
>>> generic MIME type for when the sender does not have or know the
>>> actual MIME type. When you have an application set for MIME type
>>> application/octet-stream, that application may be used for other
>>> attached files which you did not expect it to be used with.
>>>
>>>
>>> Can you provide the information below...
>>>
>>> 1. Select the message with this PDF attachment.
>>> 2. Now go to "Message >> Index"
>>> 3. In the "Items" box, look for the row which represents this PDF
>>> file attachment.
>>> 4. Select the row which represents this PDF file attachment.
>>> 5. Underneath the "Items" box, look at the following values
>>> for the PDF file attachment:
>>> (a) Type
>>> (b) Disposition
>>> (c) Encoding
>>>
>>> What are the values for 'Type', 'Disposition', and 'Encoding'
>>> for this PDF attachment?
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Ralph. Here's the info:
>>
>> Type: application/octet-stream
>>
>> Disposition: Attachment: ufm39_DP77_-_Committee_In_Person_July_2021.pdf
>>
>> Saved As:
>> C:\Users\terr...\ufm39_DP77_-_Committee_In_Person_July_2021.pdf
>
>
> (c) Encoding ?
>
>Whether the attachment's MIME type is controlled by you or by the
>sender depends on the Encoding.

Sorry, missed that, it's base 64.

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From: -rf-nz-@-.invalid (Ralph Fox)
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by: Ralph Fox - Sat, 4 Mar 2023 03:49 UTC

On Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:20:07 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote:
> Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote:
>
>> (c) Encoding ?
>>
>> Whether the attachment's MIME type is controlled by you or by the
>> sender depends on the Encoding.
>
> Sorry, missed that, it's base 64.

That confirms it is the sender or their program which set the MIME
type to "application/octet-stream" for that PDF attachment.

FWIW...

* If the encoding is base64 (or anything except 'UUencoded' and
'yEnc') then the attachment's MIME type is set by the sender or
their program.

* If the encoding is 'UUencoded' or 'yEnc' then the attachment's
MIME type is set by your settings -- that is, your settings at the
time the email or the Usenet message body was received. Adjusting
your settings would only fix it for new messages, not messages
which you have already received.

--
Kind regards
Ralph

Þ𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗎𝖾 𝗒𝗌 𝖺 𝗐𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖼𝗁𝖾, 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗆𝖾 𝗇𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖼𝗁𝖾, þ𝖺𝗁 𝗒 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗒𝖾;
𝖥𝗈𝗋 𝗒 𝗌𝖾 þ𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝗋𝗈þ𝖾𝗋, 𝗅𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖼𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝖿 þ𝖺𝗍 𝗈þ𝖾𝗋, 𝖻𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗌 𝖾ȝ𝖾.
‘𝘍𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦ȝ𝘦, 𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦,’ 𝗊𝗎𝗈þ 𝖧𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗒𝗇𝗀.

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by: Terry Pinnell - Sat, 4 Mar 2023 09:42 UTC

Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote:

>On Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:20:07 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote:
>> Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> (c) Encoding ?
>>>
>>> Whether the attachment's MIME type is controlled by you or by the
>>> sender depends on the Encoding.
>>
>> Sorry, missed that, it's base 64.
>
>
>That confirms it is the sender or their program which set the MIME
>type to "application/octet-stream" for that PDF attachment.
>
>FWIW...
>
> * If the encoding is base64 (or anything except 'UUencoded' and
> 'yEnc') then the attachment's MIME type is set by the sender or
> their program.
>
> * If the encoding is 'UUencoded' or 'yEnc' then the attachment's
> MIME type is set by your settings -- that is, your settings at the
> time the email or the Usenet message body was received. Adjusting
> your settings would only fix it for new messages, not messages
> which you have already received.
>

Thanks Ralph, understood.

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computers / alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent / PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView

Subject	Author
PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView	Terry Pinnell
Re: PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView	Ralph Fox
Re: PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView	Terry Pinnell
Re: PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView	Ralph Fox
Re: PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView	Terry Pinnell
Re: PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView	Ralph Fox
Re: PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView	Terry Pinnell
Re: PDF email attachment opens in IrfanView	Ralph Fox