Mime attachment

I've never found a way to do this.

Do you know what the attachment is - a photo, video, or something else?

All email attachments must be encoded with the message before the message is sent. Attachments are encoded with MIME and decoded when received. When seeing MIME attachment, this usually means the attached file is not recognized by the computer or device that received the message - there is no application available that recognizes and can open/view the attachment.

You're welcome.

MIME isn't something you open on your computer or an app on your computer.

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/MIME.htm

Do you know what the attachment is - a photo, video, or something else?

No dispute here, but these open on my iPhone 3G! It seems a little odd that these attachments will open on an iPhone and Mac but not an iPad.

Totally agree, mine just opened on iPhone but not on iPad. Very frustrating really as I use iPad for work email and generally I've been very impressed. I'm trying to open the attachment to then edit with 'pages' which is a very good app for iPad. Grrrrr!

I am getting increasingly frustrated over this issue as well. I use my ipad for work and when people forward an email containing a word file or a pdf-file (files that I can open if they would be emailed directly to me) the "mime-attachment" icon is shown and I have no other way of opening them than asking for a direct send or to use my macbook. I intended to use my ipad equipped with Pages and Numbers for my traveling but as these emails comes in I seem to be stuck with my macbook pro.

Any ideas?

I'm among those with the "mime" issue (also happens occasionally with a jpeg... just get an icon that won't open). That said, this is an issue mainly with one associate and I'm wondering if it is the way he sends the email... uses AOL? Typically, it will be a forward of text. I'm not sure how he does it (he's not very computer literate), but if it is just a forward of an existing message vs a copy/paste from another message, does that make a difference? You wrote the it must "be encoded before the message is sent."

For me, this happens when someone sends a calendar invite

Same basic problem, and - as well as I can recall - the file was a picture (I am always able to open them on my laptop). Thinking, at this point, it is something internal to the iPad. I would at least like to have the option to save it to GoodReader or summat - at least I could take another crack at opening it on my iPad.

Enough about what folks think it is; what is being done about it?

I agree. Having the very same problems on my iPad. Seems to have started this summer regarding file attachments being unreadable .... I think mostly when forwarded by folk on AOL? "Adobe" issues making many
Problems, too. I was going to use my iPad for travel, but don't want the tedious hassles now. Back to laptop 😟

In my case same problem with sender using AOL mail. It worked on my Mac but not on iPad and iPhone. Frustrating indeed. Is Apple working on a solution?

Why is this Apple's problem? Why isn't AOL fixing it. More to the point, why is anyone still using AOL mail anyhow? It has always been a problem.

Interesting comment (I hope you don't work for Apple). I guess it is a good reason that a client with several Apple products is unhappy because the device does not work as expected and it seems to be a problem linked to iPad and iPhone while it works on the Mac and PC. Even in case the tecnical issue should be at AOL, I would expect Apple to at least address the issue there and work on a solution.
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