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[Fabian-kessler-2 <500367@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(In reply to Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer] from comment #9)
> RESOLVED INCOMPLETE due to lack of response to last question. If you feel
> this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons
> why.

This bug is still a problem and is not solved. Thunderbird should be
forced to use the standard mimetypes, eg. defined on
http://www.sitepoint.com/web-foundations/mime-types-complete-list/
instead of using probably wrong saved ones in the mimetypes.rdf

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Title:
  Thunderbird sends .doc attachments with wrong mime-type
  (text/richtext)

Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News:
  Expired
Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: thunderbird

  Summary: Thunderbird should eliminate bad entries in the mimeTypes.rdf
  file, especially the one that in some cases links .doc files with the
  mime-type "text/richtext".

  Longer explanation: 
  Attaching .doc documents (MS word format, can also be saved by OpenOffice.org) causes the (binary) contents of the file to be displayed inline (like body text): plenty of weird characters, hundreds of question marks etc (see below B.).

  Primary reason: In (my and other people's) mimeTypes.rdf, there is an
  entry that makes TB think that .doc files are of the mime-type
  "text/richtext", instead of "application/msword" (see below A.).
  "text/richtext" attachments are displayed inline, "application/msword"
  attachments not.

  Removing the tag  <NC:fileExtensions>doc</NC:fileExtensions> and
  restarting TB fixes the problem.

  This does NOT happen with a fresh profile, because it does not contain
  the corrupt entry. But still, users suffering from this problem should
  be helped automatically. The GUI does not offer a solution for this,
  as far as I know.

  
  A. The corrupt entry from mimeTypes.rdf: 
    <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:text/richtext"
                     NC:value="text/richtext"
                     NC:editable="true"
                     NC:description="Microsoft Word-Dokument">
      <NC:fileExtensions>doc</NC:fileExtensions>
      <NC:fileExtensions>rtx</NC:fileExtensions>
      <NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:text/richtext"/>
    </RDF:Description>

  B. An extract from a corrupted mail: 
  ÐÏࡱá����������������;��þÿ ������������
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���þÿÿÿ��������ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿýÿÿÿÿÿÿÿþÿÿÿ��������������� ��� ��������� ������þÿÿÿ���þÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ (...)

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Dec 25 15:57:31 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.3)
  Package: mozilla-thunderbird (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
  SourcePackage: thunderbird
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

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