I am receiving files from an HTML form using: 

 
  <input TYPE="file" NAME="attachedfile" MAXLENGTH=50 ALLOW="text/*">

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Then, I email the attachments using MIME::Lite. I used (regardless of file type received): 

  $message -> attach (Path => $pathtofile,
                     Type => 'binary');

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I tested this from my Mac in both Netscape and IE. The results were very reliable this way. None of the files were corrupted and the filenames were readable.

Testing from a Windows machine, however, resulted in filenames being the whole path from the person's computer.

Is there something I am missing or do I have to fix the filename myself?

Thanks in advance for your help.

In reply to Paths for filenames from Windows with TYPE=file by Valkerri

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