Email Attachments - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

fabbas · #1 (**permalink**) 10-15-2004

I use metasend to send an attachment to an email. The attached file has a .csv extension however when the email is received the extension is changed to .att. Does anyone know why ? I need the name to remain as .csv

RTM · #2 (**permalink**) 10-18-2004

Why - probably because the receiving system or software thinks it's a att file.

definition of att - scroll down to .att which states

Quote:

.att AT&T Group 4 Bitmap

I could not find a description of what that file type would look like - if you want it not to rename it, then you probably have to work on the receiving system/software. That's probably where the problem is. To test that thought, send the email to more than one location to see how other mail handlers do (send it to a yahoo account).

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