How to set attachment name with JavaMail

[Adam Lipscombe]

Folks,


I am using java mail to send out file attachments. A code snippet is:

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String attachmentPath = "C:\temp\MyFile.txt";
messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
DataSource source = new FileDataSource(attachmentPath);
messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
messageBodyPart.setFileName(attachmentPath);
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But when the file arrives in the email and the user tries to save it, the file name that is
presented is a munged version of the full path. e.g. "c--temp-MyFile.txt"


I would like the email client to present simply "MyFile.txt".
Is there anyway I can achieve this?



TIA -Adam

 

[voorth]

But when the file arrives in the email and the user tries to save it, the file name that is
presented is a munged version of the full path. e.g. "c--temp-MyFile.txt"

I would like the email client to present simply "MyFile.txt".
Is there anyway I can achieve this?

TIA -Adam

In this case, you need the specific behaviour for FileDataSource:

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String attachmentPath = "C:\temp\MyFile.txt";
messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
FileDataSource source = new FileDataSource(attachmentPath);
messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
messageBodyPart.setFileName(source.getFile().getName());
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