GNU bug report logs - #9005
Attachment being opened automatically?

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Package: gnus;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: unreproducible

Found in version 5.110018

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 9005 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bugs <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#9005: Attachment being opened automatically?
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:06:05 +0200

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> I just received an email from my kid's school containing an MS-Word
> document.  As soon as I viewed the email with Gnus, it launched Word and
> opened the attachment.  That surprised me a lot!  Is it intended?

No, not at all.

Could you try to debug why this is happening?  It shouldn't launch any
programs until you hit RET (or similar) on an attachment button.

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