Hello! I'm investigating why a photo sent to a Nokia device does not show properly on the device. It was originally reported for a 5800 (http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5860); I can also reproduce it with a N97 mini. One problem is that the device lies about its capabilities. CTCap contains 256 as maximum length for PHOTO. When encoding, the Synthesis library dutifully obliges and truncates the field. The device clearly is capable of handling larger photos - the photo was originally attached to the contact *on* the device itself and then copied to the server. Is there a remote rule that I can use to ignore the length limitation of the PHOTO property? Should I ignore the whole CTCap, as it is clearly not based on reality? I think there is an option for that, but won't that have undesirable effects like not preserving local extensions that are really not supported by the phone? Another problem might be the TYPE. Evolution doesn't set JPEG by itself. We may have to add that to the outgoing PHOTO. -- Best Regards, Patrick Ohly The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter. _______________________________________________ os-libsynthesis mailing list os-libsynthesis(a)synthesis.ch http://lists.synthesis.ch/mailman/listinfo/os-libsynthesis

Speaking of CtCap, do you happen to know what Nokia's involvement was in the definition of that part of the spec? Or speaking more generally, what was the desired usage of CtCap? I've just been in another discussion around that, where the Synthesis use of CtCap to determine unsupported properties was questioned. One interpretation of CtCap is "limitations for some properties". In that interpretation, unlisted properties might still be supported. The other interpretation is that CtCap has to be complete and accurate, and thus anything not covered by it (value too long, unknown property) is not stored by the device. This is the interpretation used by Synthesis. FWIW, it sounds more plausible to me.

But is there anything in the standard which supports one or the other interpretation?

Or perhaps it was part of meeting minutes?