Vista - Email without attachment but size indicates attachment?

01-03-2008

Someone sent me an email with an attachment (family-related newsletter) but
when I go to my Inbox it does not show the attachment as the paperclip.
The size of the email does indeed indicate an attachment at about 6 MB.

If I go to the email's Properties => Details, I click on Message Source and
get this huge amount of data starting with:

--Boundary_(ID_4RQkoLrkg5p876R5KArYGQ)
Content-type: application/ms-tnef; name=winmail.dat
Content-transfer-encoding: base64
Content-disposition: attachment; filename=winmail.dat
....
....

Why did the data not come across as an attachment and is there a way to
somehow make the data a real attachment?

Thanks,
W

01-04-2008

"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uXI%238loTIHA.536@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Someone sent me an email with an attachment (family-related newsletter)
> but when I go to my Inbox it does not show the attachment as the
> paperclip.
> The size of the email does indeed indicate an attachment at about 6 MB.
>
> If I go to the email's Properties => Details, I click on Message Source
> and get this huge amount of data starting with:
>
> --Boundary_(ID_4RQkoLrkg5p876R5KArYGQ)
> Content-type: application/ms-tnef; name=winmail.dat
> Content-transfer-encoding: base64
> Content-disposition: attachment; filename=winmail.dat
> ...
> ...
>
> Why did the data not come across as an attachment and is there a way to
> somehow make the data a real attachment?
>
> Thanks,
> W

Sounds like you don't have a decoder for base64 installed, so Windows
Mail can't decode it and make it an attachment. Sorry, I'm not aware of
where to get one.

01-03-2008	#1 (permalink)
Walter Cohen n/a posts	Email without attachment but size indicates attachment? Someone sent me an email with an attachment (family-related newsletter) but when I go to my Inbox it does not show the attachment as the paperclip. The size of the email does indeed indicate an attachment at about 6 MB. If I go to the email's Properties => Details, I click on Message Source and get this huge amount of data starting with: --Boundary_(ID_4RQkoLrkg5p876R5KArYGQ) Content-type: application/ms-tnef; name=winmail.dat Content-transfer-encoding: base64 Content-disposition: attachment; filename=winmail.dat .... .... Why did the data not come across as an attachment and is there a way to somehow make the data a real attachment? Thanks, W
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01-04-2008	#2 (permalink)
n/a posts	Re: Email without attachment but size indicates attachment? "Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uXI%238loTIHA.536@xxxxxx Quote: > Someone sent me an email with an attachment (family-related newsletter) > but when I go to my Inbox it does not show the attachment as the > paperclip. > The size of the email does indeed indicate an attachment at about 6 MB. > > If I go to the email's Properties => Details, I click on Message Source > and get this huge amount of data starting with: > > --Boundary_(ID_4RQkoLrkg5p876R5KArYGQ) > Content-type: application/ms-tnef; name=winmail.dat > Content-transfer-encoding: base64 > Content-disposition: attachment; filename=winmail.dat > ... > ... > > Why did the data not come across as an attachment and is there a way to > somehow make the data a real attachment? > > Thanks, > W Sounds like you don't have a decoder for base64 installed, so Windows Mail can't decode it and make it an attachment. Sorry, I'm not aware of where to get one.
My System Specs

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