Bug#116161: imp: misreports size of attachments

[Ola Lundqvist]

Hi

Some more bugreports from debian.
Is this a known problem? Will it be fixed?

The whole bugreport can be found at

http://bugs.debian.org/116161

Regards,

// Ola

PS.
Please Cc me and/or 116161@bugs.debian.org so I will be aware of the
replies quicker.
DS.

On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 06:31:59PM -0400, Brian White wrote:
> Package: imp
> Version: 3:2.2.6-0
> 
> It appears that when IMP reports the size of an attached file, it reports
> the number of characters in that section of the multi-part MIME message.
> However, this includes the overhoad of the Base64 encoding thus making
> a file appear 33% larger than it will be after it is saved to disk.
> 
> I believe imp should look at the encoding method and adjust its numbers
> accordingly.
> 
>                                           Brian
>                                  ( bcwhite@precidia.com )
> 
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>           80% of people surveyed think they are above-average drivers
> 

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