Good to be taken seriously. Not! Op vrijdag 5 juni 2015 12:26:38 UTC+2 schreef voytek: > > 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] <javascript:>> > 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. >>>> >>> > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >
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