Filename reporting issue - was: Filename enconding in auto-zip feature

[Robert Lopez]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Jules Field
<MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On 01/10/2009 18:54, Mark Sapiro wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 05:02:04PM +0100, Jules Field wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 30/09/2009 16:39, Mark Sapiro wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't have any problem with certain characters being escaped as %nn,
>>>> but I do think that dropping pieces of the name, in particular in some
>>>> cases entire 'extensions' is a problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> It all depends on the length of the filename after the last filename
>>> extension has been removed. This is truncated at a fixed point. So some
>>> other "extensions" may be lost. I'm not sure there is any easy way,
>>> heuristically, of trimming the filename while leaving *all* the
>>> extensions, as it's unknown what is and is not an extension, and what is
>>> just a dot in the middle of the text of the "main" bit of the filename.
>>>
>>
>> I understand. I didn't realize that the issue was because of a simple
>> truncation based on length. Given that, and the desire to not report
>> overly long names, I think it's OK the way it is, and mail admins will
>> just have to realize they need to see the original message or the
>> Filename Checks: MailScanner log message to see the original name.
>>
>> I agree that trying to give priority to certain portions of the name
>> while shortening it is futile.
>>
>
> Thanks for understanding that. I have to draw a line somewhere.
> Now we've got that one rectified, I will do a stable release.
>
> Expect a stable release in the next few minutes.
>
> Jules
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Thank you both for clarifying what is happening.

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Robert Lopez
Unix Systems Administrator
Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)
525 Buena Vista SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106