I think Richard [Vanni] is on to it. If you read through this "winmail.dat" document (including the "Email properties of a Contact" section):
<http://www.slipstick.com/problems/outlook-is-sending-winmail-dat-attachments/> you'll see that MS Outlook will "cache" a recipient's mail client capability/characteristics. Once it has decided that recipient-X is in the MS world it will use TNEF to encapsulate documents sent to that address. In the MS email client world, TNEF is fine, but, given that that's a MS-proprietary format, most other mail clients (e.g., K9) will see such attachments as winmail.dat. Cindy, I suspect that at some point your contact entry for yourself got cached that way - hence the change, though it is possible that your mail service provider made the change on their side of things. If clearing a contact's cache the way Richard suggested doesn't work, read through this document as it describes various approaches, depending some on the version of outlook you are using. ------------ Original Message ------------ > Date: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 02:16:44 PM -0700 > From: Richard Vanni <[email protected]> > > Please try my solution posted at 22:48 and let us know if it > helped. > > > Op dinsdag 9 juni 2015 23:11:18 UTC+2 schreef Cindy: >> >> Will type answers in CAPS below...Please let me know if you have >> any more questions. Thank you. >> >> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 3:43:35 PM UTC-5, Philip wrote: >>> >>> > Please explain why K9 used to work fine with .doc files and >>> > now they no >>> longer do if it has nothing to do with K9. >>> >>> Have you installed any Microsoft patches? ON COMPUTER PROBABLY >>> AUTOMATICALLY >>> >>> What mail client are you using? Has it been updated/patched? >>> SENDING CLIENT IS MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 2007. RECEIVING CLIENT ON >>> COMPUTER IS MS2007. RECEIVING CLIENT ON WEBMAIL IS WHAT EVER >>> ISP COMPANY USES. RECEIVING CLIENT ON SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 IS K9. >>> ALL UPDATES/PATCHES SHOULD BE UP TO DATE. >>> >>> Have you changed your anti-virus or firewall version or >>> settings? NO >>> >>> Are you certain that your ISP has not made any changes? YES. >>> THE FILE STAYS A .DOC OUT ON THE WEBMAIL ON BOTH THE COMPUTER >>> AND ON MY PHONE. IT STAYS FINE COMING BACK TO ME (I SEND >>> MYSELF A COPY). IT IS ONLY WHEN THE FILE COMES INTO K9 THAT IT >>> TURNS INTO A WINMAIL.DAT FILE -- >>> Philip >>> >>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read >>> text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >>> A: Top-posting. >>> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail and newsgroups? >>> >>> >>> ------------ End Original Message ------------ -- -- 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.
