Have you considered just manually saving the file and then opening it from
MSWordview? I assume you are aware that StarOffice 5.x also opens Word files
and even has a mail client built in.
Doug McGarrett wrote:
> >From: Hidong Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: can't download ms word attachments
> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I use netscape for e-mail. I can't download MS Word attachments. When
> >I double-click on the attachment, I get an error box saying
> >
> >Sorry, couldn't open config file /usr/lib/mswordview/config-mswordview
> >not a problem using internal defaults
> <
> >I've installed the mswordview rpm, but the aforementioned file really
> >doesn't exist on my machine. What do I need to do to download MS Word
> >files from e-mail? Thanks,
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> I know from reading the mail that you are pretty much a Linux Mavin.
> Why do you want to open attachments? Unless they come from your brother
> or your mother? Attachments are the home of viruses. I always erase all
> the ones that come to me, unless I personally know the guy who sent them.
>
> Comment welcome.
>
> --doug
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