On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:18:08 -0500, Levi Bard
<taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
I am using Firefox and I am using the companies webmail (boo hiss) to
check mail. Otherwise I have to drop out of Linux and bring up X-Pee
so I can run outlook. (Not something I really like to do if I can avoid it)
-- Chuck Hast To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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