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'mime-attachments' cannot be opened since iOS13 installed?

I get "mime-attachments'' in emails from a ham radio group. I used to be able to open and view these email attachments prior to iOS13 just by touching them on my iPhone 8, now they do not open. The iOS 13 (13.1.1) just gives me lots of options to AirDrop, Messages, Mail, Notes, and other non-useful actions.

Will this problem be corrected or is there some other way I can view these?

Posted on Sep 29, 2019 3:32 PM

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Posted on Sep 30, 2019 3:05 PM

Yes, same here - just upgraded to 13.1.2 and Mail is still unable to open the embedded emails and its showing them as mime-attachments instead. Grrrr.


I'm in a similar boat to others where I've setup forwarding rules so I can receive the emails from our sales@ service@ enquiry@ it@ etc mailboxes, as our parent company only allows my phone to connect to my 'own' mailbox. This is why I *need* the ability to read embedded / attached emails.

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Sep 30, 2019 3:05 PM in response to MkeithH

Yes, same here - just upgraded to 13.1.2 and Mail is still unable to open the embedded emails and its showing them as mime-attachments instead. Grrrr.


I'm in a similar boat to others where I've setup forwarding rules so I can receive the emails from our sales@ service@ enquiry@ it@ etc mailboxes, as our parent company only allows my phone to connect to my 'own' mailbox. This is why I *need* the ability to read embedded / attached emails.

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Oct 12, 2019 7:18 AM in response to averittmac

You can download the public beta for 13.2. Go to the URL below and click on Get Started to register your Apple ID. You will have to download and import a profile and restart your phone, but afterwards you can update to 13.2. It will put you in the beta cycle, so you will get any new beta that come out for iOS 13. If you don’t want to be in it anymore, just simply remove the profile and reboot your phone. Here is the URL to get started:


https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/


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Oct 3, 2019 9:32 AM in response to dmitri64

The only workaround I found is to install the Outlook app. I can then review the postmaster bounces where the suspected spam is encapsulated, to see if they are really spam or something to forward. I liked the way Apple mail did this in IOS 12 and below. I guess I will have to schedule a support call with Apple to get any answers.

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Oct 8, 2019 9:42 AM in response to WB4KTF

I am running iOS 13.2 developer beta and i am still experiencing an issue. I do find it interesting that Apple hasn't weighed in here yet.


Hey Apple,

Can we get a response at least informing us that you have it on your radar and what version we might be able to see a fix?

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Oct 15, 2019 3:26 PM in response to Funnyfeger

Apple told me today it's just impacting yahoo email accounts. May be true since my AT&T account uses the Yahoo web server. Is this exclusive to AT&T/Yahoo on this thread? Apple also said 13.1.3 issued today should fix - apparently from reading here it has not. Have there been more than the one success on here using 13.2 Beta to fix attachments not opening, especially in an AT&T/Yahoo email account?

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Oct 17, 2019 12:05 PM in response to WB4KTF

So I did contact support directly. We went through all the trouble shooting. Which may work for others but did not resolve my issues. What I ended up doing, because I run Microsoft outlook, I downloaded the app and it allows me to open the attachments. We uninstalled the regular mail app and reinstalled it but it doesn’t work for me. I reset my network no difference. So for the time being I am using outlook.

I have also sent feedback to apple.com/feedback.


the suggest that the more feedback they get the faster they will fix. Hope this helps

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Oct 18, 2019 5:51 PM in response to TVStellies

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, go to beta.apple.com and log in with your Apple account. Register as a developer (free account) and download the profile. Install the profile and reboot your phone. After your phone restarts, go to software update and iOS 13.2 beta 3 should be waiting for you. Install it and you are good.


Or wait for a week or so and it will be released for everyone.


let me point this out again though. 13.1.3 does not fix it. This has been established. Only 13.2 fixes it. No need to post that 13.1.3 doesn’t fix it. We all know this already.

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Oct 19, 2019 1:17 PM in response to The1Jackster

I spoke to Apple support on Friday and when I commented on the beta product she indicated that it is not supported by Apple. My resolution was to install Microsoft outlook app which solved my problem until the bug fix comes out. The 13.1.13 only dealt with security issues

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Oct 19, 2019 2:18 PM in response to Katjones123

Thank you for helping the Apple Community. I would like to share some other grievances I have with IOS 13 which I have posted in response to another grieving member of the community who said that when he or she forwarded messages using the newly upgraded Apple mail app on iOS 13 which we were so desperately looking forward to, the original message in the string disappeared! Surprise, surprise... well, so I responded as follows:

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Yes, I have upgraded to iOS 13.1.3. No, I have not reported this to Apple because for God’s sake, when making a transition into iOS 13 from iOS 12, is it not natural to maintain the functionality of iOS 12 and make it better when going into iOS 13? This is basis.! Just FYI I have a iPhone X so I expect that it is not my phone. Really, Apple should consider a “business” version of their iOS going forward. Dark mode or light mode, or organizing photos into albums means nothing. It’s time for Apple to get serious since due to the lack of competition out there we are stuck with using everything Apple. Emails are not for fun, it’s a part of our daily life, more than I wish but that is life....Apple support is as “lost” as I am. After the upgrade to iOS 13 the GPS ( WAZE, google maps and Apple maps) was horrible so I contacted them for help since I rely on WAZE every day. After spending an hour chatting, and following all their suggestions, I was told to reset my phone completely to factory settings. Well, being the obedient “fool” I wiped out the entire phone and started from scratch. Guess what? Back to square one! GPS constantly dies when I need it most. While driving on the Merritt parkway in Connecticut, with no signal, the GPS wakes up and says make a right now? Right where? All I see are the trees turning color (love fall, for this not in the North East) then the GPS takes a nap for the next 10 minutes until it goes crazy and makes me go crazy! Only this summer, I used WAZE driving around Greece during a holiday and it was superb. I was on iOS 12. On this subject, when I was chatting with Apple support, I asked them why Apple did not have a interactive driving app like Waze? We all use Apple cellphones and have the location services on, technology is out there so what was holding them back? I also reminded Apple that they have the resources (man power and M O N E Y from generous donors like you and I) Well, I was told that I should contact their R&D department to give them this idea. Really? I would prefer a better “Maps” app than the dark mode or the BEDTIME settings in Alarms which also messed me up, by the way.

Too much said. I guess I should go to the Microsoft outlook app since I use Office 365, use the navigation in my car and “get there when I get there..” and wipe off the dust of my grandfather’s alarm clock and use it while Apple gets their act together.😎

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Ciao

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Oct 22, 2019 9:06 PM in response to WB4KTF

I consulted at least 3 representatives in HK Apple shop on Oct 12 but none of them realized the problem and provided me further suggestion. It was really disappointed experience for me as I expected Apple can provide high quality after sales service.

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Oct 30, 2019 3:32 PM in response to The1Jackster

@The1Jackser, I just loaded official IOS 13.2 on my ipad pro and it did not fix the email attachments problem!!! It still cannot open mime attachments in the email client! I don't know what the apple development team is thinking to cripple their own email client to not work with competitor's mime format. Will lose with that mentality in the long run!

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Oct 30, 2019 4:49 PM in response to infobits

My post was for winmail.dat email attachments... not mime attachments. Sorry I mixed them up. I still can't open the winmail.dat file attachnents. Tried to load a third party app called "TNEF's enough" but that doesn't work too well either.

I wish apple would fix their email client. I also notice the bug where long web url links are cut off with a line break so that you cannot click on the link to go to the web page. They need to fix that too.

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Nov 3, 2019 12:16 PM in response to WB4KTF

Just updated to13.2 and it resolved mime attachment issue.. now I am able to open MIME attachment HOWEVER they flash non stop!!!! Also huge problems (intermittently) in forwarding messages or replying to them. I lose the string. Have to repeatedly forward, reply all, cancel draft, go to the mail App choose the settings with attachments and play with that...


I mean, iOS 13 was supposed to be an Upgrade right, Apple? I don't care for the upgrade if it does not make my business life better and increase productivity.

Of course, my teenage kids are thrilled with the ”Dark” mode and other frills that have come with iOS 13. Unfortunately, I have everything Apple because of the monopoly of the industry.

I wish Blackberry were still doing as well as they did 20 years ago. Those phones were business machines and not ”overpriced toys.”

I don't mean to vent, but I think Apple should listen and make a truly ”business pro” model that would be useful for the business world.

Thank you for listening.


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