GMail, IMAP, and PDF Problem

If you’re using a standalone desktop email client, such as Thunderbird to connect to your Google Mail (GMail) account and to synchronize between the two, and why wouldn’t you, then you have probably come across the corrupt PDF (and other attachments) problem.You attempt to open the PDF from an email in Thunderbird and Adobe Acrobat Reader (or Foxit, or whatever) tells you that the file is corrupt. However, you can open it perfectly well via the web interface for GMail. Somehow the IMAP synchronization process is causing the problem.Well, after a little searching for GMail IMAP PDF problem, I found a comment on a post on a blog that provided the answer.According to Luca the workaround involves opening Options in Thunderbird, going to the Advanced tab and then opening the program’s config editor.Next step is to search for two variables on after the other:mail.imap.fetch_by_chunksmail.server.default.fetch_by_chunksDouble click each in turn and it will set them to false. This solution means that the attachments won’t be downloaded to Thunderbird in chunks and so will avoid the corruption that seems to occur when these settings are true.GMail has great spam filtering, so it’s a wise choice to which to port your email from different accounts. With IMAP synchronization you have the tools available via your conventional email client when working from your main machine but don’t lose any emails when you need to check mail on the web when working away from your office for instance. Any messages you send, mail you receive, files you delete, whatever, will be synchronized next time you run your email client and with this tweak your attachments will be pure and true too.Related Posts:Export Thunderbird Address Book to GmailImport Your Contacts into GMailSQT: Mailto URL FixWhen You Really Must Delete Google MailUse Your GMail Account as a Virtual Hard DrivePost from: David Bradley’s Sciencetext Tips and Tricks
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