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Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share

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     This must be a thread that I started.



Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> wrote:
> On 13/06/24 13:36, Steve Hayes wrote:
> 
> > I send all emails in plain text, and if formatting is needed, I send
> >  it as a faile attachment.
> 
> I recently had to send a document to my uncle and a cousin, so I
> converted it to PDF first. It turned out that their mail provider (the
> same provider in both cases) rejected mail with a PDF attachment. I'm
> going to have to send it by snail mail.


         interesting !!!

> 
> (Or perhaps it was rejected because my message was in plain text, with
> no HTML. I still haven't tracked down the precise cause.)
> 
> Some mail providers are becoming tougher and tougher about rejecting
> mail for obscure reasons. (And sometimes they don't even tell the sender
> that the attempt failed.) Maybe we'll all have to go back to snail mail.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
> Newcastle, NSW

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(MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> - 2024-06-10 13:19 -0700
  Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-06-13 05:36 +0200
    Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2024-06-13 14:14 +1000
      Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share Tilde <invalide@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-01 22:31 -0600
      Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-06-01 19:33 +0000

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