[pmmail-list] How to open attachments

Steve Ewing pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Sun, 27 Jun 2004 19:43:59 -0400


On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:24:28 -0500, Larry Alkoff wrote:

>I frequently get messages with a nearly blank body
>that contain an attachment named "Unnamed attachment 1.att.
>
>Are these MIME messages?
>
>Quikview.exe is listed by path in pmmailw.ini but says it cannot open the attachments.
>I have been saving the attachments, renaming and viewing with a list program.
>
>Is there an easier way to open these attachments?
>Is there a way to change the default name to something easier like "1.att"?
>Is there a way to change the default viewer from quikview.exe to something else?
>
>Larry Alkoff

Just use Alt-V, or Tools-> View full message, and you will be able to
see the attachment as text.  If it is not readable, you will at least
be able to pull the type from the MIME header and rename it
appropriately so the right app will open it.

--
Steve<steve@qmss.com>
http://www.qmss.com/~sewing


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