Odd I have sent and received messages with zero issues, including images and unknown attachments.
As I've commented on the bug: the attachments are sent fine, it's just than modest is using the incorrect MIME type for the message (multipart/alternative instead of multipart/mixed) so some mail clients (correctly) don't show anything other than the the first part (which is the message text).
Microb has some weird behavior, fortunately it's UI only, so that's cool.
E.g., sometimes the bottom bar is lacking the add bookmark and back button, allowing for a large address field. Frankly, I wish it were permanent. Bookmarking works via menu and I already have 2 ways to go back. Doesn't last though.
I've had this since before installation of the CSSU, reckon it might simply be a MicroB bug or alternatively some app screwing with the UI.
As I've commented on the bug: the attachments are sent fine, it's just than modest is using the incorrect MIME type for the message (multipart/alternative instead of multipart/mixed) so some mail clients (correctly) don't show anything other than the the first part (which is the message text).
sorry for not knowing what those multipart/alternative/mixed means..
basically what I mean is that, when i try to send the attachments/pictures via n900, it doesn't get sent like how I receive mail sent from my laptop. I sent an email to myself via laptop and checked from the phone and it was fine...
more importantly, how then do we make it back to normal? thanks
sorry for not knowing what those multipart/alternative/mixed means..
An email message has a MIME type which indicates what the content is - for a simple email this is usally text/plain. A lot of clients nowadays use HTML instead though, in which case the MIME type would be text/html. However, to support older clients they can also send a plain text version alongside the HTML version. Now the overall message is tagged as multipart/alternative - multipart because there's more than one section in the message (each of which will have its own MIME type) and alternative because the sections should be just alternative versions (so the client can just pick the best one to show). The sections will then in turn be tagged as text/html and text/plain respectively.
If you're using attachments, the MIME type for the overall message should instead be multipart/mixed - there's multiple parts again, but they're not just alternative versions of the same message.
The version of modest in the CSSU gets this wrong, so although the message still actually contains the attachments, many clients will fail to show them (as they think they're just different forms of the same message).
basically what I mean is that, when i try to send the attachments/pictures via n900, it doesn't get sent like how I receive mail sent from my laptop. I sent an email to myself via laptop and checked from the phone and it was fine...
Yeah - that's how it shows up. If you use a different client then you may see the attachments - modest will show them fine for example. That's why some people just aren't seeing this problem - their client shows all the parts, irrespective of whether they're just alternatives.
I've had this since before installation of the CSSU, reckon it might simply be a MicroB bug or alternatively some app screwing with the UI.
Very odd. It never happened to me before CSSU. I think I found a pattern. It happens mostly the first time. Just like only the first link from desktop lets the bookmarks window behind. All subsequent links work fine.
