I *AM* sending the document as a word document attachment. That is what I said in my original post. It leaves my computer as a regular email (html formatted) with a word document attachment. It comes back to my computer as the same. It is viewable out on Mediacom's web mail as a word document. However, on my phone with k9 the file attachment is no longer a .doc but now a wimail.dat file.
Cindy On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 9:08:52 AM UTC-5, John F. Eldredge wrote: > As far as I know, Microsoft has never publicly released the details of > their proprietary email format. Certain companies have been able to license > this information, but have no doubt had to pay a substantial amount of > money and agree to non-disclosure agreements. If the full formatting needs > to be preserved, the best solution would likely be to send the document as > an attachment. > > > > On May 13, 2015 6:24:31 AM CDT, Seth Holmes <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > On 5/12/15 6:09 PM, Cindy wrote: > > > I do a lot of MS word documents/contracts on my computer to send to > > clients. > > > I always send myself a copy of it too. So when it is coming from > > me, to me, I > > > can guarantee it is leaving as a .doc, and it comes back as a .doc > > online but > > > on my phone it comes in as a winmail.dat. > > > > > > I used to be able to open and read my own .doc contracts on my > > phone but it > > > changed a while back (can't tell you the exact date it changed) but > > something > > > has changed with k9 to cause this problem since the document is fine > > out on > > > the web and when it comes into my desktop. Since k9 used to be able > > to open > > > these just fine, I know that they should be able to fix whatever is > > causing > > > the problem now. > > > > > > Even if no one has the answer at present, k9 needs to look into > > changes they > > > have made that might be causing the issue and fix it back to the way > > it was. > > > Are the k9 coders reading these posts to know of the problem? > > > > The rest of the Internet recognizes that a winmail.dat file is a > > specific > > Microsoft proprietary format and that Microsoft has gone through great > > lengths > > to make it proprietary. > > > > It really does depend on the client you are using and whether or not > > it > > supports winmail.dat. The list is small. I know Outlook is on the > > list. I > > don't know what you use to access your e-mail over the web, but > > whatever it is > > probably supports winmail.dat files. Maybe is mchsi.com uses Exchange > > on the > > back end, it can handle winmail.dat files for you. There are some > > third party > > add-ons for Thunderbird that supposedly do this as well. But > > Thunderbird > > (arguably one of the most popular desktop clients on the Internet) > > does not > > support it. > > > > Here's what Microsoft has to say on the subject: > > > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278061 > > > > SYMPTOMS > > You receive an email message that contains a winmail.dat attachment. > > This > > issue may occur if all of the following conditions are true: > > The email message is sent to you by someone using Microsoft Outlook. > > The format of the message is Rich Text format (RTF). > > > > This issue is more common when the email message is sent to you over > > the Internet. > > > > CAUSE > > The Winmail.dat file is used to preserve Rich Text formatting. Outlook > > uses it > > when sending a Rich Text-formatted message. During transport, the > > content of > > the message may be changed, preventing the receiving client from being > > able to > > read the formatting instructions. In other cases, the receiving client > > does > > not use or recognize the winmail.dat file. > > > > RESOLUTION > > The data in a winmail.dat file is not usable. To resolve this issue, > > ask the > > sender to re-send the message in plain text format. The following > > methods can > > be used by sender to prevent sending Rich Text messages encapsulated > > in the > > Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF). > > > > Method 1: Change the default message format > > > > The sender can change the format of the email messages that they send > > by using > > the following steps: > > On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click Mail Format. > > In Compose in this message format, click to select Plain Text, and > > then click OK. > > NOTE: To send to certain recipients that use RTF format and others > > recipients > > that use plain text format, the sender must set the option for the > > recipient > > in either the Personal Address Book or the recipient's contact record. > > > > Method 2: Modify the recipient's entry in the Personal Address Book > > > > The sender can use the following steps to remove the RTF format from > > the > > recipient attribute in the Personal Address Book: > > On the Tools menu, click Address Book. > > In Show Names From, click the Personal Address Book. > > Select the addressee that you want to set as plain text, and then > > click > > Properties on the File menu. > > In the SMTP-General tab, click to clear the Always send to this > > recipient in > > Microsoft Exchange rich text format check box, and then click OK. > > > > Method 3: Change the specific contact format > > > > The sender can use the following steps to set plain text in the > > recipient's > > contact record: > > Open the recipient's record in the Contacts folder. > > Double-click the recipient's e-mail address. > > In the E-Mail Properties dialog box, click Send Plain Text only under > > Internet > > Format. > > > > Method 4: Set the Outlook Rich Text Format Internet e-mail setting > > > > In Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007, click Options on the Tools menu. > > Click the Mail Format tab. > > Click Internet Format. > > Under Outlook Rich Text options, click either Convert to HTML format > > or > > Convert to Plain Text format. > > > > > > > > > > > > But I think it's more likely something changed on your end than > > something > > changed on K-9s end. I don't know that K-9 has ever supported > > winmail.dat > > files. Anyone know? Since it's possible for an administrator on a > > Windows > > network to modify your settings without your knowledge, it's very > > possible > > something changed without your knowledge. > > > > I'm a little more concerned you're sending legal documents to your > > e-mail > > address outside of your organization's system. > > > > > > > > But hey, the rest of the community could be wrong. I'm sure it's > > happened before. > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] <javascript:> (615) 299-6451 > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot > drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. 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