PDF Email Attachments

[kspector]

When I get a PDF attachment to an email, the attachment gets a generic "win mail.dat" name and will not open. Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks

 

[graywolf]

Sounds like it isn't the right type of PDF, a.k.a. It is a special type. Like it has certain password protection or it was made with a weird program.


Let's ask f4780y.
(second time today I needed his help )

 

[kspector]

Thanks for the reply.
Actually it is not a special type of PDF file. It is one of my own.
I tried something someone else suggested

I sent myself two emails with the same PDF file attached

I sent one in "plain text" format. That one came through on my iPad with the PDF already opened in the body of the email. It was no longer an attachment.

I sent one in "HTML" format and that one came to my iPad as an attachment , but the name was changed to "win mail.dat" ,there was no PDF icon, and only empty box. When I tried to open it , it won't open.

By the way, both emails came to my PC using MS Outlook with no problem......as regular PDF attachments which open normally. Since I can't dictate what format people send me, what can I do to be able to open all PDFs no matter what format?

Anyone else having this problem?


Thanks

Ken

Sounds like it isn't the right type of PDF, a.k.a. It is a special type. Like it has certain password protection or it was made with a weird program.

Let's ask f4780y.
(second time today I needed his help )

 

[iyl]

I have the same problem on my wife iPad and iPhone.
When i send her PDF file she got win mail.dat.
But if I send the PDF to my iPhone or iPad I get it as PDF.