Tickets :: Comment on [#7680] gzip/bzip2 upload doubly compressed

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Comment	>> # file archive.tgz > >> archive.tgz: gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Mon Dec > >> 8 11:28:54 2008 > > > > And this is correct. This is a gzip'd file. How can 'file' know > what is inside the file without uncompressing it? 'file' simply > guess what kind of data is in the file. > > > >> Not much of a difference. So where is the MIME type sent to HORDE/IMP > >> coming from? > > > > The browser/OS. > > > >> For a ".tgz", IMP receives "application/x-gtar" and for a ".tar.gz", > >> it receives "application/x-gzip" > > > > Technically, there is nothing wrong with application/x-gzip. Because > that is exactly what the file is. On OS's like windows, there can > only be a single extension. So the MIME type 'application/x-gzip' is > correct. I realize Thunderbird is sending something different, but I > don't necessarily agree with what they are doing (x-compressed-tar > does not seem to be used by many people.). > > > > So I think the previous analysis in this ticket remains.
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