Thanks for validating my issue Richard. I was beginning to think I was crazy saying it USED to work just fine. Cindy
On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 5:18:54 AM UTC-5, Richard Vanni wrote: > > What many here don't understand is that this problem of winmail.dat in K9 > occurs only since the last few weeks. > > I'm figuring out myself what's going wrong. What many here don't > understand is that this problem of winmail.dat in K9 occurs since the last > few weeks. Text, Excel, Word and other attachements are received as > Winmail.dat files in K9. > I'm using K9 for three years now and *I have never had any problems with > attachements. Until now*. Seems that K9 has changed something during the > last month. > > > Op vrijdag 22 mei 2015 13:15:25 UTC+2 schreef Seth Holmes: >> >> On May 21, 2015 11:36:10 PM EDT, Cindy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 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 interf! ace 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/ >>>>> >>>> >> I suspect it's the mchsi mail server converting to the Microsoft >> proprietary format. It sees your sender and send to accounts as being mchsi >> and this uses a format it assumes works in both places. >> >> If I were you, I'd contact them to see what they may be doing. >> >> FWIW, when you sent you're doc, it arrived to my phone using k9 as a .doc >> file. >> -- >> Seth H Holmes >> Droid RAZR M with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. 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