[Bug 1113133] [NEW] Wrong/inconsistent display of attachment file sizes

[Jan Rheinländer]

Public bug reported:

This is especially noticeable for emails with very large attachments.

For example, in the email list window the "size" column will display 61
MB, but when I click on this email, at the bottom of the text the file
is listed as being 47 MB.

Then, when I download the attachment, it tells it is downloading 61MB,
but at about 70% the download is finished and the downloaded file size
on disk is only 47 MB.

IMHO the reason is the ASCII-armouring of email attachments which
increases the file size. So it is actually correct that the mail size is
61MB, even though the attached data is only 47MB. But it is confusing
for the user who doesn't understand the technical details of how email
attachments are encoded.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: thunderbird 17.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic 3.2.35
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D4p', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC29', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
BuildID: 20130106012405
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'ICH6'/'Intel ICH6 with AD1981B at irq 22'
   Mixer name	: 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components	: 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls      : 26
   Simple ctrls  : 18
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 76HT16WW-1.06'
   Mixer name	: 'ThinkPad EC 76HT16WW-1.06'
   Components	: ''
   Controls      : 2
   Simple ctrls  : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Limits: Playback 0 - 14
   Mono: Playback 6 [43%] [on]
Channel: Unavailable
Date: Sat Feb  2 08:18:14 2013
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig: Error: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/etc/network/interfaces'
IpRoute:
 default via 10.233.233.1 dev eth0  proto static 
 10.233.233.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.233.233.193  metric 1 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000
MarkForUpload: True
PrefSources:
 prefs.js
 /usr/lib/mozilla/extensions/{3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6}/{847b3a00-7ab1-11d4-8f02-006008948af5}/defaults/preferences/enigmail.js
 /usr/lib/mozilla/extensions/{3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6}/{847b3a00-7ab1-11d4-8f02-006008948af5}/defaults/preferences/000system.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=17.0.2/20130106012405 (In use)
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 icedtea-6-plugin  1.2-2ubuntu1.3
 rhythmbox-mozilla 2.96-0ubuntu4.2
 totem-mozilla     3.0.1-0ubuntu21.1
 gnome-shell       3.4.1-0ubuntu2
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 	Soft blocked: no
 	Hard blocked: no
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-28 (249 days ago)
WpaSupplicantLog:
 
dmi.bios.date: 12/06/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 76ET69WW (1.29 )
dmi.board.name: 1846AQG
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr76ET69WW(1.29):bd12/06/2006:svnIBM:pn1846AQG:pvrThinkPadR52:rvnIBM:rn1846AQG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 1846AQG
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad R52
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise

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