Did some more testing...sending via Outlook on my desktop, from my gmail account to my gmail account, the document stays as a .doc file on my phone in k9
sending via Outlook on my desktop, from my mchsi account to my mchsi account, the document comes through as a winmail.dat file on my phone in k9 However this same file (mchsi to mchsi using Outlook on my desktop), using IE on my phone and going to Mediacom's web mail interface out on the web, the document stays as a .doc file So why does k9 keep the .doc file intact for a gmail account (coming from Outlook) but not for an mchsi account (coming from Outlook) ? Keep in mind, viewing on my phone from IE webmail interface from Mediacom also keeps the email attachment as a .doc. So Mediacom is not changing anything to a winmail.dat as I can still view it on my phone via the webmail interface on IE. The common factor is that it happens only in k9 on a mchsi account. Does that help anyone figure out what the cause could be? Cindy On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 10:07:21 PM UTC-5, Cindy wrote: > here is a word document that is showing up as a winmail.dat when viewing > in k9 > > Cindy > > 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.
