Bug#278780: Additional information

[Bodo Meissner]

I just found that balsa told me about the problem but the message is in  
an information window that was hidden behind other windows:

Cannot determine charset for text file `/home/mei/music/mtx/fein- 
sein.mtx.txt'; sending as mime type `application/octet-stream'

OK, there seems to be a problem with my file. I checked the source code  
for the message and found that balsa accepts ASCII and UTF-8 only,  
while my file is iso-8859-15 (or iso-8859-1) since it contains one  
special German character.

But balsa should not change the mime type after I have pressed the send  
button when I can't do anything about it. It should do the check when I  
attach the file and show the result in the attachments window. Or it  
should at least stop before sending the mail and ask me if I accept the  
change or would prefer to abort sending. This way I could change the  
file before sending the mail or do whatever is appropriate.


Wishlist:
A better solution would allow a charset selection by the user. Balsa  
could use my locale setting to propose a suitable charset like  
iso-8859-15.


Bodo