[Tickets #12882] Re: ActiveSync does not show attachments in TNEF container (winmail.dat)

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12882
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  Ticket             | 12882
  Updated By         | Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>
  Summary            | ActiveSync does not show attachments in TNEF container
                     | (winmail.dat)
  Queue              | Synchronization
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Enhancement
  State              | Assigned
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              | 1
  Owners             | Michael Rubinsky
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Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org> (2013-12-19 15:00) wrote:

Yeah, that's the easy way out ;)

I'd like to parse out the attachment data from the TNEF file when  
possible and add them as "normal" attachments. Of course, I'll only do  
this for non-cryptographically signed messages. I'll have to  
investigate if we should strip the *.dat file when we are able to  
extract the attachments since this would needlessly increase bandwidth  
usage.

I remembered what the problem was originally for me - it was when  
dealing with meeting request responses - which are also sometimes  
bundled in the TNEF data. Our library didn't include support for  
extracting the data and quite honestly it looked like more work than  
it was worth to implement it on my own time :)