Re: Mail::Sender issue with attachment

$sender->Attach(
   {description => 'ed\'s gif',
    ctype => 'application/vnd.ms-excel',
    encoding => 'base64',
    disposition => "inline; ",
    file => "some.xls"
   });
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The Content-Disposition header looks fishy. Excel files should be attached (C-D "attachment"), not inlined (C-D "inline"). The semicolon and the whitespace are at best useless, at worst, they confuse the recipient's mail client.

Alexander

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Re^2: Mail::Sender issue with attachment by satyas (Novice) on Apr 24, 2012 at 18:15 UTC
Thanks Alexander, i made those changes(disposition and semicolon & whitespace) but the same result. People who have 2003 outlook they cant even see the attachment. Is there something in the encoding part?	[reply]
Re^3: Mail::Sender issue with attachment by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 24, 2012 at 18:38 UTC
Look at the mail source that is delivered to the mail server and check that the mail is constructed properly. Microsoft Software has a long history of ignoring or misinterpreting internet standards, so you should make sure that you feed Outlook with a properly formatted mail to avoid any Microsoft guesswork. I did not yet use Mail::Sender, but a quick scan of the documentation did not convince me to use it. Perhaps you could try MIME::Lite? It has its own set of minor problems, but I know that it reliably sends attachments that can be read by any MIME capable mail client. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]