LO41889: ATTACHMENT SENT FROM OUTLOOK ARE RECEIVED AS ATT***.DAT

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Attachment sent from Outlook is received as att***.dat.
  
  Customer's environment is domino 7.0.2fp2
  Refer to TN# 1093342
  
  
  Changes to decode winmail.dat attachments were added to Domino
  release 6.5.6 and 7.0.2.
  
  To enable the fix a server notes.ini parameter has been used:
  TNEFEnableConversion=1
  
  
  
  But customer got the following attachment and decode it as
  
  att******.dat.
  
  ------------------------------------------------------
  
  Content-Type: application/ms-tnef;
  
   name="winmail.dat"
  
  Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
  
  ------------------------------------------------------
  
  And this mail send to yahoo.com, it is ok and the same
  winmail.dat displays as .pdf file named in English
  
  
  
  
  TROUBLESHOOTING:
  
  Asked customer to add the following debug parameter to the
  notes.ini.
  
  SMTPDebug=2
  
  debug_threadid=1
  
  console_log_enabled=1
  
  SMTPSaveImportErrors=2
  
  The message is written to a STxxxxx.tmp file in the system Temp
  directory.
  
  Received stXXXXXX.TMP from the customer.
  
  Setup 7.0.2fp2 test environment to reproduce customer issue.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  Telnet to Domino server over port 25 and send smtp message
  
  
  Ran two tests with TNEFEnableConversion= enabled and disabled.
  
  >helo test.org
  
  >mail from:iii@test.org
  
  >rcpt to:admin@8org.com
  
  >data
  
  
  
  1. Test with TNEFEnableConversion=0
  
  Customer received a winmail.dat file attachment
  
  Outlook 2003 can open the attachment normally
  
  
  2.Test with TNEFEnableConversion=1
  
  Customer received an attachment att******.dat file converted
  by domino, but its name(******) is changed after opening it with
  notes client.
  Opening it with notes client and outlook2003, it displays as
  att******.dat,
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• A programming error was found and will be corrected in a future
  

Problem conclusion

• A programming error was found and will be corrected in a future
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is associated with SPR# ZXZG78X5H3.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• NA
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NOTES/DOMINO 7X

• Fixed component ID

  5724E6200

Applicable component levels

• R801 PSN

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