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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Sent email with PDF attached, it shows weird text below the message

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JHWBarney
JHWBarney
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Sent and email with a pdf attached, this is a sample of what is appearing below the message:

%PDF-1.5 %âãÏÓ 346 0 obj <</Linearized 1/L 231797/O 348/E 219117/N 3/T 231439/H [ 491 204]>> endobj

361 0 obj <</DecodeParms<</Columns 5/Predictor 12>>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<57FE6B5AAC60E849BEAA5EBA8E50F363><79669440AF01FD46A4D6E35A18B21CDB>]/Index[346 24]/Info 345 0 R/Length 83/Prev 231440/Root 347 0 R/Size 370/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream hÞbbd`?``b``Z?"?kÀd=ˆdî?‹KÉ]`ñ9`6˜dì?³%ÀäF?)??fÏ? endstream endobj </p>

Sent and email with a pdf attached, this is a sample of what is appearing below the message: %PDF-1.5 %âãÏÓ 346 0 obj <</Linearized 1/L 231797/O 348/E 219117/N 3/T 231439/H [ 491 204]>> endobj 361 0 obj <</DecodeParms<</Columns 5/Predictor 12>>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<57FE6B5AAC60E849BEAA5EBA8E50F363><79669440AF01FD46A4D6E35A18B21CDB>]/Index[346 24]/Info 345 0 R/Length 83/Prev 231440/Root 347 0 R/Size 370/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream hÞbbd```b``Z"kÀd=ˆdî‹KÉ]`ñ9`6˜dì³%ÀäF)fÏ endstream endobj

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Matt
Matt
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That looks like the first few characters of the PDF. My guess the PDF is corrupt in the email. Usual cause is outgoing email attachment scanning in anti virus products.

JHWBarney
JHWBarney Vraag-eienaar
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Thanks for your reply Matt. The weird characters show up in every pdf. While poking around I stumbled on View> Display Attachments Inline and turned that off. Problem solved (I think.....). Not sure why or how it was turned on, why it just started happening and what this all means, but now I think we're back to normal and the Mrs. is happy. But if you have any more info, please let me know. Thanks JW