HTML extension on email attachments

ronkbrn · ronkbrn #1 (**permalink**)

10-30-2011, 07:27 AM

When I receive an email with a Rich Text attachment, it comes with an HTML extension. If I double click the attachment, it opens with a bunch of letters and symbols. Nothing readable. The only solution I have found is to download the attachment, single click the title, delete the HTML extension and replace it with a DOC or DOCX extension. Then I can open the downloaded file in MS Word.

This seems like a complicated way to manage email attachments. Is there a better, more direct way?

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

10-30-2011, 10:09 AM

Where are the attachments originating from? Coming to you from a Windows machine perhaps? Because it sounds like the sender is using html instead of plain text to generate email messages.

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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,963 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	10-30-2011, 10:09 AM Where are the attachments originating from? Coming to you from a Windows machine perhaps? Because it sounds like the sender is using html instead of plain text to generate email messages. Community Guidelines
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ronkbrn #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 28, 2010 Posts: 2	10-30-2011, 07:27 AM When I receive an email with a Rich Text attachment, it comes with an HTML extension. If I double click the attachment, it opens with a bunch of letters and symbols. Nothing readable. The only solution I have found is to download the attachment, single click the title, delete the HTML extension and replace it with a DOC or DOCX extension. Then I can open the downloaded file in MS Word. This seems like a complicated way to manage email attachments. Is there a better, more direct way?
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