Tickets :: Comment on [#325] MIME types of uploaded attachment files

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Comment	> 1. > > It seems that MIME types of attachments are first taken from the > client. This is not optimal I think: with Firefox the MIME type > changes after downloading files with wrong types. Example: download > PDF file with MIME type 'x-application/octetstream'. Upload another > PDF file as attachment to Imp. Its MIME type will be > 'x-application/octetstream'. So it cannot be displayed like a PDF. > > > > 2. > > The fileinfo output is preferred over the mapping by extension when > searching for MIME types. This may be ok - but fileinfo returns MIME > types which are unexpected to Imp/Horde. For example: c files are > returned as 'text/x-c; charset: us-ascii'. The MIME handlers do not > cut the charset prefix, so the file isn't displayed by preview with > enscript but offered to download. > > I think on text files, it will be preferrable to take the file > extension instead of the fileinfo answer as this is not accurate > anyway. > > > > I'm using > > * Horde: 3.0-cvs > > * Imp: 4.0-cvs > > * Ingo: 1.0-cvs > > * Turba: 2.0-cvs > > from 06/16/2004. > > And > > PHP Version 4.3.7 > > Apache/2.0.49 > > pecl fileinfo 0.2 > > file 4.09 > >
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