I find it hard to believe (in fact, I don't). Please email to my email address such an email, thanks
Voytek On 5 June 2015 5:19:11 am AEST, Cindy <[email protected]> wrote: >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. >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. -- Sent from my Android device 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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