Hello,
Try the following
- Don't use Star Office's Emial client.
- Try using Pine or kmail(for KDE) , or netscape mail
At 12:47 8/01/00 -0800, Hidong Kim wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I wasn't aware that StarOffice had a mail client. I'll try it. Sure,
>I'd prefer not to have to download MS Word attachments. The problem is
>that 99% of the people I work with use MS Office exclusively. Also, any
>MS viruses wouldn't affect my Linux machines, would they? Thanks,
>
>
>
>Hidong
>
>
>
>Clint Tinsley wrote:
>>
>> 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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