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When I receive messages with attachments, the contents of the attachment also show up in the body of the text. Anyway to prevent that? Thx

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Example, excel file shows as an attachment, and can be opened as an attachment...but the contents of the excel file are also included in the body of the email. Same happens with jpegs. thx

Example, excel file shows as an attachment, and can be opened as an attachment...but the contents of the excel file are also included in the body of the email. Same happens with jpegs. thx

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From the View menu go to Display Attachments Inline and uncheck that option.

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sc344 said

Example, excel file shows as an attachment, and can be opened as an attachment...but the contents of the excel file are also included in the body of the email. Same happens with jpegs. thx

correcting my example - the files are text files (txt) and jpegs - not excel files.

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From the View menu go to Display Attachments Inline and uncheck that option.

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sc344 said

Example, excel file shows as an attachment, and can be opened as an attachment...but the contents of the excel file are also included in the body of the email. Same happens with jpegs. thx

thank you