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    copied!<p>I have created aand sent a short email with a .txt attachment in an iPhone app.</p> <ol> <li><p>If the attachment is about 10 lines long, GMail opens it just fine. </p></li> <li><p>If it's more than 20 or so lines, GMail chokes - it won't open the attachment, download the attachment, or even forward the email.</p></li> <li><p>Also, if I send the same email to my colleague and he opens it with his Mac OS Mail client, everything works fine.</p></li> </ol> <p>For example, the following is the content of the text file (this length will open in GMail just fine): </p> <pre><code>ACCELEROMETER READINGS -0.0724487,-0.941833,-0.235458,2009-07-11 15:18:46 -0700 -0.0724487,-0.941833,-0.271683,2009-07-11 15:18:47 -0700 -0.0724487,-0.923721,-0.253571,2009-07-11 15:18:48 -0700 -0.0543365,-0.923721,-0.326019,2009-07-11 15:18:49 -0700 -0.0724487,-0.959946,-0.181122,2009-07-11 15:18:50 -0700 -0.0543365,-0.923721,-0.253571,2009-07-11 15:18:51 -0700 -0.108673,-0.923721,-0.380356,2009-07-11 15:18:52 -0700 -0.0724487,-0.923721,-0.271683,2009-07-11 15:18:53 -0700 GPS READINGS HEADING READINGS 211.421,2009-07-11 15:18:46 -0700 206.421,2009-07-11 15:18:49 -0700 184.421,2009-07-11 15:18:50 -0700 195.421,2009-07-11 15:18:51 -0700 198.421,2009-07-11 15:18:53 -0700 </code></pre> <p>If the file is twice this size, GMail can't deal ith it, but once again Mail can. So, what might be the problem? I created the email as follows:</p> <pre><code>SKPSMTPMessage *testMsg = [[SKPSMTPMessage alloc] init]; testMsg.fromEmail = @"founders@gmail.com"; testMsg.toEmail = @"andrewljohnson@trailbehind.com"; testMsg.relayHost = @"smtp3.webfaction.com"; testMsg.requiresAuth = YES; testMsg.login = @"andrewljohnson"; testMsg.pass = @"********"; testMsg.subject = @"iPhone Instrument Readings"; testMsg.wantsSecure = YES; // smtp.gmail.com doesn't work without TLS! testMsg.delegate = self; NSDictionary *plainPart = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"text/plain",kSKPSMTPPartContentTypeKey, @"Hey Kevin,\nHere are some GPS readings for you to filter.\n\nLove, \nTrailBehind",kSKPSMTPPartMessageKey,@"8bit",kSKPSMTPPartContentTransferEncodingKey,nil]; NSData *fileData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:fileName]; NSDictionary *attached = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"text/directory;\r\n\tx-unix-mode=0644;\r\n\tname=\"readings.txt\"",kSKPSMTPPartContentTypeKey, @"attachment;\r\n\tfilename=\"readings.txt\"",kSKPSMTPPartContentDispositionKey,[fileData encodeBase64ForData],kSKPSMTPPartMessageKey,@"base64",kSKPSMTPPartContentTransferEncodingKey,nil]; testMsg.parts = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:plainPart,attached,nil]; [testMsg send]; </code></pre>
 

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