Attachment keeps going through as a 0-byte file

[Dudley Brooks]

I have tried three times to send an e-mail with my resume as an
attachment. Before I hit Send, it always shows the attachment as a 25.5
KB file. But when I look at the Sent file, it always shows a 0-byte
file (with an crossed-out X icon).

I have not changed any settings, as far as I know. What should look for?

TB 38.6.0, Mac OS X 10.10.5 (14F1509)

[Brian]

Does the filename of the attachment include an extension (several
letters to the right of a period)? If so, what is that extension?
Some extensions are restricted.

Are you able to send any other file types as attachments?

[Dudley Brooks]

The file which gets changed to 0 bytes is .doc.

> Are you able to send any other file types as attachments?

I'm able to successfully attach .txt, .pdf, .jpg, .gif, and .odf
(NeoOffice) -- just to name the few that I tried.

But I'm not able to successfully send *any* .doc -- which I find very
surprising, since it's a very common format.

Another weirdness is that if I click on a .oo3 file (OmniOutliner,
admittedly not a common format) in the Attach window, rather than
attaching it the window suddenly changes to a completely different
directory.

[Brian]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 09:12:32 -0800, Dudley Brooks

Can you save and send it as a PDF?

[Dudley Brooks]

Hi. I was just about to write back that that's exactly what I did do.

Also, the person I sent the original .doc file to said that it *did*
come through. So apparently TB is *sending* it correctly but then just
*saving* it as a 0-byte file. So it's only an irritation, not a disaster.

But it's still a mystery, and I hate mysteries! ;^)

[Ant]

Where is this file you're attaching from? I recently discovered that
attaching a file and then moving that attached file to another location
before sending made my sent copy shows 0 byte attachment. However, this
was in SeaMonkey v2.39 and Windows XP Pro SP3. :/
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On 3/10/2016 4:55 AM, Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> Where is this file you're attaching from? I recently discovered that
> attaching a file and then moving that attached file to another location
> before sending made my sent copy shows 0 byte attachment. However, this
> was in SeaMonkey v2.39 and Windows XP Pro SP3. :/

Doubtful, as doing that will cause the send function itself to fail
altogether.