These OCTET-STREAM files may be opened by renaming the extension of the attached file to a specific file extension, and then by using an application with support for opening such files.
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Use the attached patch (or any adaption of it) that let Thunderbird check whether the attachment with the type octet-stream has a name that ends with '.pdf' and in that case resets the content-type to application/pdf.ġ.Send yourself a mail with PDF attachment and content-type 'application/octet-stream'Ī dialog opens where the found attachment is recognized as 'binary data' and you get asked what to do with it. Convert octet stream to pdf online, Braun and clarke 2006 book, 0 Comments. Convert Octet-stream To Pdf Online This also allows the Web browser to enable the user to know the recommended file format for the attached.octet-stream file.
When you open such a mail, Thunderbird only looks at the MIME header and does not openĪcroread when it encounters application/octet-stream.Īs PDF is an often used format and there are somany broken mailers I'd propose to Some mail applications out there (especially web mailers) send PDF attachments with content-type application/octet-stream instead of application/pdf.