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Emails with this attachment silently fail

I recently had someone (@comcast.net) try to email me (@gmail.com and @something.edu) including in their email 3 text files and a .docx file. The email never reached me and they never received any ...
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Filter messages without attachments in Thunderbird

I have an email account that usually receives attachments with each email, however the ones without attachments need special attention. Is there a way for me to specify if a message has no attachment ...
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Delete an attachment sent in an email between Gmail accounts [migrated]

I accidentally sent the wrong image in an email and it contains sensitive information. Is there a way to delete that file? I know the answer is going to be no because once the email is sent it goes to ...
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Disable image attachment resize dialog for new emails in Thunderbird

I think I can manage the size and bandwidth of the images I'm sending via emails myself, but any time a large enough image is attached to a new email, e.g. via Windows Explorer right-clicking an image ...
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Automatic extraction of e-mail

I have two e-mail addresses on different two Exchange servers and I have a rule from the second one (at my customer) that forward all incoming e-mails as attachment to the main one (my company) so ...
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Outlook reads reply-text as HTML attachment when sent from Apple Mail

I have a Macbook Air which uses Apple Mail as mail client. When the Mac user sends an email, the mail text to which it replies, appears as an attachment to the Outlook users. I'm sure that I click ...
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Hotmail and IE9 not opening files when clicking download button

My sister-in-law called with problem opening attachments from hotmail. She recently had her computer updated and is now running IE9. She says that previously she could right-click on the arrow to ...
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How to automatically upload e-mail attachments

When I have an e-mail with an attachment that exceeds usual limits (say 10 Mb), I upload the file to a private remote FTP server (using a simple homemade PHP upload tool), and I add the link to my ...
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How to strip off mail attachments in Thunderbird while keeping the mail

As I have only 500MB quota on my IMAP account and I want to keep messages when I sent something to someone but the data attached to those mails is often out of date and of no use anymore, it come to ...
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Preserve embedded objects when converting a Word File to PDF using Acrobat Pro 9

I thought this was a basic feature but I can't seem to find a solution: If I want to convert a Word file which has other files embedded as an object to PDF, the embedded Word symbol is not clickable ...
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Automatic e-mail attachment named “saved_body.html” is created

Since two days now, my Outlook (Office 2007) attaches in every E-Mail the written content as a saved_body.html file. I reset all the Properties but it didn't made any difference. I disabled the ...
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Thunderbird attachments missing

I'm running Thunderbird 8 on Windows XP with no add-ons. I'm using an IMAP server. On some of the emails I am getting, there aren't attachments even though I have confirmed that attachments exists on ...
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Search for email containg attachment of specific file type for Thunderbird

Exact dupe of Search for email containg attachment of specific file type, only I'm using Thunderbird instead of Outlook. Can it be done with Thunderbird too?
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use Outlook to send split zip files

I have trying to send a big file to someone whose email account cannot accept single email with large file and email is the only option for sending the file. Currently I am using 7zip to split the ...
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Outlook 2010 using MSG file as template does not send attachment

I saved several ".msg" files on my network. I open them with Outlook 2010, ensure the recipients list is correct, then attach a file. When the recipient gets the message, there is no attachment. ...
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Extract and view Outlook contacts attachment sent to Gmail

A friend forwarded a contact list to my gmail account from Outlook (2007 or 2010, not sure which). I can see there is an attachment in gmail but when I save it to my local drive it's just a plain text ...
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Why does Microsoft block .url attachments and not .htm in Outlook?

Outlook by default blocks .url attachments and not .htm – why? Any dangerous URL that could be in .url file, could also easily be in a .htm file and could be launched using javascript automatically. ...
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oledata.mso, image001.emz - What do I do to actually open this?

I received an email from someone I know (and expected) containing 2 attachments. I was expecting a PowerPoint file, but instead received a "image001.emz" and "oledata.mso" file instead. The ...
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Custom Scripts in Outlook

I have the following code that will open up an attachment in in the associated program. I am trying to setup a rule that it will run from a certian email address. The issue is when i choose run this ...
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How can I change attachment's default Content-Disposition in Thunderbird?

This answer explains that there is a field called "Content-Disposition" for an attachement that determines whether it is inlined on some clients. How can I change Thunderbird's settings to always ...
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Upgrade to Exchange 2010 broke ability to save attachments in Outlook 2007

Our University upgraded to Exchange 2010 server. And one of our users lost the ability to save attachments (via a save dialog) from anyone outside the institution. If she chooses save attachments, ...
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Is there a way to prevent Thunderbird from downloading attachments?

Is there a way to prevent Thunderbird from downloading attachments? I just want to download the message and leave attachments on the mail server. When I need to open the attachment I would then ...
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Reading an attachment that gmail doesn't render

I was recently sent an email attachment that Gmail doesn't render. It's very important that I get access to this attachment, but I can't for the life of me figure out how. I know that the attachment ...
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What is an “attachment manager”?

Lately I've encountered the term "attachment manager" online a few times. A google search indicated that it has something to do with attachments sent over the wire, I don't seem to make much of it. ...
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Invisible attachment (“winmail.dat”) using Microsoft Outlook on OS X

When I receive an attachment in an email, the file is converted to winmail.dat. Any ideas why, and what do to avoid this happening?
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How do I get Thunderbird to show the attachments expanded

The latest update to Thunderbird email client shows the attachments under a separate panel. I'd like the panel to display expanded automatically. How do I do that? It doesn't seem to be in the help ...
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Prevent Nail from attaching my message as a .bin file?

When I pipe a very long change log into nail, I receive a blank email with a .bin attachment named ATT00001..bin in Outlook. The file is 36KB and contains the expected text but double spaced ...
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How to do mail merge in Gmail and/or Mac with attachments?

I need to send a template email to about 700 email addresses, and need to personalize each email for the recipient's name, position, and employer. In addition, I have one attachment that I need to ...
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Download multiple attachments

The Notes native client has an option to download all attachments to a folder. I cannot found similiar on web based iNotes (8.5). Is there a way to download all attachments at once ?
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In internet Explorer 9 and Hotmail, is there a way to open an HTML attachment directly?

I just ran the updates on a Windows PC, and Internet Explorer 9 was installed. Now the user has lost the option to open HTML attachments in Hotmail. Other attachments provide an option to open, but ...
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What happens when an email does not fit in your inbox?

Suppose someone tries to send me an email with a multi-megabyte attachment, and there is not enough space in my Inbox folder on my mailserver to store the email. What will happen? In particular, will ...
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macro to download selected messages attachments - Problem about downloaded files count

I changed some codes for getting selected messages attachments to my hard drive like below : Public Sub SaveAttachments() Dim objOL As Outlook.Application Dim objMsg As Outlook.MailItem 'Object Dim ...
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Outlook 2010 - save attachments of selected messages add - in

I am looking for a Outlook 2010 add-in which will allow me to save attachments for selected messages for FREE. I already paid for Outlook 2010 and do not pay more money for this add-in.
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Annoying small images in signatures as mail attachments in OSX Mail

How not to treat those small signature images (logos, etc.) as mail attachments? I usually want to identify a recent email with attachment, but most emails show up with many attachments. This is also ...
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Automatically & periodically pull email and save attachments

Is there a Linux- or Windows-based program that can automatically & periodically pull email from a POP3/IMAP server, extract the attachment, and save the attachment to disk? The scenario: We have ...
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Gmail multiple attachments select in Linux

Somehow, I can't use the usual "Ctrl" or "Shift" key to select multiple attachments using Gmail on Ubuntu Linux (browser - Google chrome). Apparently, its allowed: ...
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Preventing Thunderbird to add .txt to attachments on open

How can I prevent Thunderbird to add the extension .txt to a file when open the attachment. I have the problem with .patch files which I want look with notepad++. The problem is that notepad++ does ...
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convert text to binary/executable file (for e-mail attachments)

My e-mail service provider blocks lots of attachments, but sends me a text attachment that has information such as the following: Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="filename.dll" ...
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How to print email without printing the attachments in Outlook 2003

Is there a way to print the email in the main windows without printing the attachments? When I right click on a new incoming email with attachments and I hit "Print", I get prompted to print the ...
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Attaching Email in Lotus Notes 8

How can I attach an older email message that I received to a new email message that I am composing in Lotus Notes 8? Or, is there a way to save an email as a file? Then that file could be attached ...
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Any software to send for right click email attachment

I want to send various files as email attachment but just right click on it and then send to email. Is there any software for that except backup to gmail as i use yahoo.
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Unable to open attachment in Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3502.0922)

I use Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3502.0922), in Windows 7 Pro 64. When I receive an email message that has an attachment, when I double click to open this attachment, nothing happens. Any kind ...
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How to mass remove attachments in Thunderbird?

I found the Attachment Extractor that should do exactly what I want--to delete attachments from selected or all emails. Unfortunately, after installing it and restarting Thunderbird, it did not work ...
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Outlook 2007 + Exchange 2010 (Save All Attachments)

About 3 weeks back our company upgraded our mail system to Exchange 2010, all went smooth, few issues but nothing major. A few days ago we had a call from a colleague where he was unable to save all ...
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Attach photos to an e-mail, but not inline with the body

When I send emails with a photo through Thunderbird, the photo appears both as an attachment as well as in the body of the email. I do not want the photo to appear in the body. Is there a setting ...
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procmail recipe not working right for automatically stripping incoming attachments

In following-up my previous question, I am trying to use munpack in an automated fashion. I'm trying to do this with procmail. > cat .procmailrc :0 | sleep 5 ; munpack ...
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Outlook 2007 Default Save Location

I opened an attachment in Outlook 2007 and saved it from there. Now I cannot seem to find where this document was saved. What is the default directory that Outlook saves files to ? I'm working on ...
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Script Mail.app to auto-save attachments?

In similar thinking to a previous question, is it possible to script Apple's Mail.app to auto-save attachments from a given address or file type? Presuming it is, what would that AppleScript look ...
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Extract/save a mail attachment using bash

Using normal bash tools (ie, built-ins or commonly-available command-line tools), is it possible, and how to extract/save attachments on emails? For example, say I have a nightly report which ...
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Hotmail attachments using Firefox do not work? [closed]

Has anyone got attachments to work in Hotmail with Firefox browser?

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