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[Uday Reddy <u.s.reddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

mere user writes:

> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "No matching files!")
signal(error ("No matching files!"))  error("No matching files!")  vm-
mime-attach-files-in-directory("~/Desktop/" "Agenda-for-
visiting+student.pdf")  call-interactively(vm-mime-attach-files-in-
directory nil nil)

The doc string for vm-mime-attach-files-in-directory says that the
second argument is a regexp.  So, the + is getting interpreted as a
regular expression operator.  It should have still found a match.  But
I leave it to you figure it out from here on.

Cheers,
Uday

PS Somehow, you managed to send this message with all the lines
squished into one!

** Changed in: vm
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

** Changed in: viewmail
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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cannot attach files with + in their names
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374170
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Bug description:
summary says it all: when trying to attach a file with a + in its name, vm complains that no such file exists.  when I quote the + as \+ within the file name, attaching works fine