I created aand sent a short email with the .txt app in the iPhone app.
If the attachment is about 10 lines long, GMail opens it just fine.
If it is more than 20 or so lines, GMail throttles - it will not open the attachment, will not load the attachment, or even send an email.
In addition, if I send the same letter to my colleague and he opens it with his Mac OS Mail client, everything will be fine.
For example, the contents of a text file (this length will be opened only in GMail):
ACCELEROMETER READINGS
-0.0724487,-0.941833,-0.235458,2009-07-11 15:18:46 -0700
-0.0724487,-0.941833,-0.271683,2009-07-11 15:18:47 -0700
-0.0724487,-0.923721,-0.253571,2009-07-11 15:18:48 -0700
-0.0543365,-0.923721,-0.326019,2009-07-11 15:18:49 -0700
-0.0724487,-0.959946,-0.181122,2009-07-11 15:18:50 -0700
-0.0543365,-0.923721,-0.253571,2009-07-11 15:18:51 -0700
-0.108673,-0.923721,-0.380356,2009-07-11 15:18:52 -0700
-0.0724487,-0.923721,-0.271683,2009-07-11 15:18:53 -0700
GPS READINGS
HEADING READINGS
211.421,2009-07-11 15:18:46 -0700
206.421,2009-07-11 15:18:49 -0700
184.421,2009-07-11 15:18:50 -0700
195.421,2009-07-11 15:18:51 -0700
198.421,2009-07-11 15:18:53 -0700
If the file is twice this size, GMail cannot handle it, but again Mail can. So what could be the problem? I created the letter as follows:
SKPSMTPMessage *testMsg = [[SKPSMTPMessage alloc] init];
testMsg.fromEmail = @"founders@gmail.com";
testMsg.toEmail = @"andrewljohnson@trailbehind.com";
testMsg.relayHost = @"smtp3.webfaction.com";
testMsg.requiresAuth = YES;
testMsg.login = @"andrewljohnson";
testMsg.pass = @"********";
testMsg.subject = @"iPhone Instrument Readings";
testMsg.wantsSecure = YES;
testMsg.delegate = self;
NSDictionary *plainPart = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"text/plain",kSKPSMTPPartContentTypeKey, @"Hey Kevin,\nHere are some GPS readings for you to filter.\n\nLove, \nTrailBehind",kSKPSMTPPartMessageKey,@"8bit",kSKPSMTPPartContentTransferEncodingKey,nil];
NSData *fileData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:fileName];
NSDictionary *attached = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"text/directory;\r\n\tx-unix-mode=0644;\r\n\tname=\"readings.txt\"",kSKPSMTPPartContentTypeKey, @"attachment;\r\n\tfilename=\"readings.txt\"",kSKPSMTPPartContentDispositionKey,[fileData encodeBase64ForData],kSKPSMTPPartMessageKey,@"base64",kSKPSMTPPartContentTransferEncodingKey,nil];
testMsg.parts = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:plainPart,attached,nil];
[testMsg send];