Re: Problems with .doc files and emails

From:	"David J. Ruck"	Date:	16 Mar 2015 11:18
In Reply To:	Problems with .doc files and emails (Philip Draper)
Replies:	Missing MIMEMAP entries (Richard Mellish)

On 16/03/2015 11:01, Philip Draper wrote:
> I'm having problems with sending Word (.doc) files attached to emails.
>
> Files are generated on a PC (using Libre Office but I convert them to
> .doc) and transferred to my ARMiniX with LanMan98. They appear in the
> attachments box as /doc, which is as it should be, I think.
>
> Recipients complain that they cannot open the atachments. Resending
> them converted to pdf files works, as does sending them direct from
> the PC using Thunderbird.

Check you have an entry for .doc in your MIMEMAP file, or they will 
probably have a name of file.doc,ae6 or some such.

Cheers
-- 
David J. Ruck
email: druck@...
phone: +44(0)7974 108301

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