Just to let you know, it shows up as a word document in Aqua Mail, and I
was able to open and view it. I don't know whether that means Aqua Mail is
able to process win.dat files, or whether K-9 has a defect.
On May 21, 2015 10:06:57 PM Cindy <[email protected]> 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/
>
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