Re: Problems with .doc files and emails

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:18:40 +0000 David Ruck wrote:

> 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.

Not to mention a MIME type that the receiving end might not understand.

Here's a general question: can MPro send attachments such that the file
name on arrival is different from the file name in MPro's attachments
window prior to sending?

Dave

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