The sender I am testing with is me! So no, I have not changed anything on my end.
I can get it back to me via my ISP and it is still a .doc file on my computer. I can get it back to me via the webmail on my phone and it is still a .doc file on my phone so my phone is fine. It is just via K9 on my phone that it becomes a winmail.dat file. So the issue has to lie with K9. And since K9 used to work fine, it is something that has changed within K9 since phone, computer, and ISP all still get it back as a .doc file. Cindy On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 6:45:17 AM UTC-5, Mouse wrote: > Or the provider (ISP) changed something? Or the sender email software on > the other end? E.g. Microsoft did quite a few updates to their Office > package, including Outlook... Are you certain that nothing but K-9 changed? > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 3, 2015, at 06:18, Richard Vanni <[email protected] <javascript:>> > 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. 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