Snow Leopard Mail Attachment Problem

[ClassicBean]

I'm having a problem with Apple Mail. It won't let me open .doc attachments in a compose window, yet I can open .docx attachments without issue.

For example, when I compose a new message and attach a document, I like to double click the attachment within the message to confirm that I'm sending the right file to my client.

With 10.5, this wasn't an issue. Everything opened as expected.

But with 10.6, I get an error message that says "Mail was unable to save the attachment "file_name" to disk. Verify that your downloads folder exists and is writable."

Again, this is ONLY happening with .doc files and it happens no matter which account in Mail I choose to send from. Any ideas?

 

[ehdesign]

Same Problem

I am having the same problem.

Only fix so far seems to be to user FINDER -> SECURE EMPTY TRASH.

Pretty annoying, but it does work.

Seems like permissions.

Here's the thread (no answer) at apple:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2138724&tstart=0

 

[netnothing]

Same problem here. Works with .xls files.....not with .doc files.

Very odd!

-Kevin

 

[tbfinn]

Mail attachments

I'm having the same problem but only with some .doc files, not all. As far as I can tell, there's no identifiable difference between those it will accept and those it won't.
When I send the e-mail and the problem attachment, the recipient is able to open the attachment without any difficulty.

 

[RobT]

+1

Me too on this since SL.

Apple discussion boards have it represented as well. Seems like a bug experienced by many that needs squashed.