[pmmail-list] How to open attachments

[Larry Alkoff]

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 19:43:59 -0400, Steve Ewing wrote:

>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. 

Thanks Steve for the tip about alt-v.
I didn't know about that.


 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.


I don't understand this part.
What app would open a PMMail message?
How do I even know which filename to look for?

Larry



Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX


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