Re: [SLUG] File attachments with spaces

From: Levi Bard (taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 10 2004 - 09:18:08 EST


On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 04:40:29 -0800, Chuck Hast <wchast@gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
> I use firefox for some e-mail funtions, at times I am sent company attachments,
> these things have spaces in them and when I try to open them the browser
> wants to save them because it does not recognize anything beyond the first
> space. Is there a work around beyond saving them and then re-naming
> them, replacing the spaces with dashes or underscores. I just would like to
> be able click and read. I just got a big document from the head honcho and
> in order read the thing I had to save it, get rid of the spaces then read it.
> I guess I could have put double quotes around it to save it with spaces and
> all, but when you try to open a attachment if there is a space it only gives
> you the option to save it as it tells you it is a 'bin' file.

What email client are you using, and is there an option therein to put
quotes around any filename it passes to the browser?

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