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How786

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Jun 13, 2006, 2:58:00 AM6/13/06
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Whenever I attach Word docs through Yahoo mail/Firefox, they are unreadable
to the recipient. However if I attach the same Word doc through internet
explore/Yahoo mail, there's no problem. Does anyone experience this issue
and/ or know why this is happening?
Thanks
How


gwtc

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Jun 13, 2006, 11:08:18 AM6/13/06
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How786 wrote:

First, FF is not an email reader. I'm presuming you're sending the
message using the Yahoo Mail web interface. Is this correct? If so,
then complain to Yahoo. Firefox has nothing to do with that.

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Chris Ilias

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Jun 13, 2006, 11:33:43 AM6/13/06
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_How786_ spoke thusly on 13/06/2006 2:58 AM:

Works fine here. Are you using the new beta interface, or the old Yahoo
Mail interface?
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L...@its.invalid

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Jun 13, 2006, 4:01:02 PM6/13/06
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gwtc wrote:

Easy answer but the quoted sentence makes one wonder:-((

Lou


Ralph Fox

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Jun 14, 2006, 7:21:42 AM6/14/06
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Can you check a couple of things ?


1. Try this test: Save the Word doc in .rtf format,
rename the .rtf file to change the extension to .doc,
and then attach the file through Yahoo mail/Firefox.

Q: Is this document readable to the recipient?

The reason for the question is that .doc files are
internally binary files, while .rtf files are internally
text files. I am wondering whether your Firefox is
uploading .doc files in a way that works with text files
but not binary files.


2. In Firefox, at
Tools -> Options -> Downloads -> View and Edit Actions
is the .doc extension listed?


3. In your Firefox user profile directory
(see http://www.holgermetzger.de/pdl.html)
there is a file mimeTypes.rdf

Open this file in a plain text editor and look for a part
about fileExtensions="doc". If you find it, it will look
something like this

| <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/msword"
| NC:value="application/msword"
| NC:editable="true"
| NC:fileExtensions="doc"
| NC:description="Microsoft Word Document">

Where the example above shows the text "application/msword"
(in two places), what do the corresponding places show in
your Firefox's mimeTypes.rdf ?

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Cheers,
Ralph

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