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Docs: note Mandrill broken attachment filenames

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*Unreleased changes in main branch*
Other
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* **Mandrill:** Document Mandrill's incorrect handling of non-ASCII attachment filenames.
(Thanks to `@Thorbenl`_ for reporting the issue and following up with MailChimp.)
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Limitations and quirks Limitations and quirks
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**Non-ASCII attachment filenames will be garbled**
Mandrill's /messages/send API does not properly handle non-ASCII characters
in attachment filenames. As a result, some email clients will display
those characters incorrectly. The only workaround is to limit
attachment filenames to ASCII when sending through Mandrill.
(Verified and reported to MailChimp support 4/2022;
see `Anymail discussion #257`_ for more details.)
**Envelope sender uses only domain** **Envelope sender uses only domain**
Anymail's :attr:`~anymail.message.AnymailMessage.envelope_sender` is used to Anymail's :attr:`~anymail.message.AnymailMessage.envelope_sender` is used to
populate Mandrill's `'return_path_domain'`---but only the domain portion. populate Mandrill's `'return_path_domain'`---but only the domain portion.
(Mandrill always generates its own encoded mailbox for the envelope sender.) (Mandrill always generates its own encoded mailbox for the envelope sender.)
.. _Anymail discussion #257:
https://github.com/anymail/django-anymail/discussions/257
.. _mandrill-templates: .. _mandrill-templates: