The same thing with this article...it is assuming the winmail.dat file is Outlook attaching it from out of the blue based on how the Outlook email was composed. As the replyer noted...it does not take in to account that the actual word document attached is turning into the winmail.dat file..
On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 2:34:49 PM UTC-5, Seth Holmes wrote: > > On 5/15/15 6:22 PM, Cindy wrote: > > Hi Seth, > > > > the info you gave about winmail.dat has to do with the email being a > rich text > > formatted message. > > > > That is not what I am talking about. I am using html formatted message > and > > attaching a word document (.doc) to the html formatted email. > > > > So the winmail.dat file your link is referring to has nothing to do with > the > > word document attachment that should be there. It stays a word document > when > > viewing the email out on Mediacom's web mail interface. It stays a word > > document attachment when coming into my computer. However, on my phone > using > > k9 the word document file is no longer there and in it's place is a > > winmail.dat file. K9 used to be able to view a word document file > several > > months ago. > > Try reading this article: > > > http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-word/word-doc-attachmentsbecome-winmaildat/5366cdd7-b966-48f8-9498-e85329dacab5 > > > It's a little old but also seems to cover word documents showing up as > winmail.dat files. > > The bottom line is that until you change the way you are sending your > e-mail, > it's going to be a problem. Part of the problem may be that by e-mailing > yourself, Outlook is assuming you'll be able to read the proprietary > format > and does not take into account reading it on third party applications. > > I know you really want this to be something K-9 can do, but it can't. It's > not > an issue with receiving word documents. It's an issue with sending them. > > I'm going to attach a word document generated in Google Docs. Let's see > what > happens. > > > -- > Seth H Holmes > http://www.route-fu.net/ > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
