when I get attachements, usually msWord files, they get named as defangled bla bla, which Textedit opens okay.

is renaming the file to defangled - is this a Eudora ( which I use for email) or Mac OSX thing,

and to forward it on, ought I rename it, leave it as is, open in Pages & export as word file or meerely change a setting somewhere ?

lately people who I have forwarded such files to ( usually to customers) say they are unable to open the defangled attachment ( probably because they use a pc)
any suggestions appreciated
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gary dorn
north perth