Hi
> There must be a common denominator for this problem, perhaps we should > start again and do what we learned in University: Analyze (from Greek > for taking apart) the problem step by step. Seems very reasonable to me, so let's go! > 1. Where do you all store your attachments, in separate directory or > within the message? Separate directory. Just changed settings to "message body" to check that out. > 2. What other tasks are running (TSRs, virus scanners, firewalls, IMs > ...)? Firewall: ZA (not loaded today). Virus Scanner: AntiVir. Rambooster (OK, OK, I'll kick that one out, too...). > 3. What kind of connection do you have? DSL access > 4. Are there any file formats that are *not* affected? No problems with zip files, so far. > 5. Anybody else knowing a good question? Yep: How do you usually open attachments? From the mail or the directory they're saved to? Here's why: I had activated the option "store in separate directory", but the only reason was to keep the message base compact and to be able to delete attachments separately when they're not longer needed. For working purposes, I always used to open (or drag and drop) the attached files directly from the mail and save them in client/job specific folders. Only now, when writing this mail, it came to my mind to have a look at the attachment directory. Guess what? I found uncorrupted copies of the problematic files there! But that's not all. I also found one or more corrupted copies of the files in question, with a later creation date and a number attached to the file name. Thus if, e.g. I received a file 'translation.rtf', the directory contains the original file, which opens perfectly fine, and then some other files: 'translation1.rtf', translation2.rtf'... which look messed up like they did when I opened/saved them from the mail. Judging from the creation dates, a new file version with a new number seems to have been created on each attempt to open/save the file from the mail. Now that's interesting, isn't it? All the best, Anselm __ Anselm Buehling - Translations EN/RU > DE [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 30 6950 4870 |phone +49 30 6950 4898 |fax +49 170 961 2072 |mobile ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
