[quote user="arnaudherve"]Nevertheless, whatever the settings for the OS could be, Pmail should save the files as they are, not make them unusable.

This also includes respecting the names of the attachments, imho.

PMail does not control this.  Years back it did when David actually wrote the file management process and when the OS's changed it caused major problems.  Everyone said they would rather have the OS do this.  As a result he went to simply doing a windows call and passing the file operations off to the OS so that  it did not matter what OS was being used.  The real problem is that MS Windows defaults to not showing the extensions when it knows what they are and then not adding the extension when saving the file.[/quote]

Does anyone know how you can force Pegasus (4.5) to save the extension when saving an attachment?  For example, if a Word document is attached to a message and you save it, the extension is dropped - you must manually add it.  The result is a file, that Windows doesn't know how to open.

[quote user="bbmgreen"]Does anyone know how you can force Pegasus (4.5) to save the extension when saving an attachment?  For example, if a Word document is attached to a message and you save it, the extension is dropped - you must manually add it.  The result is a file, that Windows doesn't know how to open.

No, the document shows up as a Word Document, and will open in Word.  If I click the Save button (in the attachment view), the extension is dropped, and the file type only shows "All files" (there is a drop down menu, but no other entries).  BTW, this not only happens with Word docs, but all files.....

Thanks in advance....

[quote user="bbmgreen"]

No, the document shows up as a Word Document, and will open in Word.  If I click the Save button (in the attachment view), the extension is dropped, and the file type only shows "All files" (there is a drop down menu, but no other entries).  BTW, this not only happens with Word docs, but all files.....

It looks like your OS is not showing file extensions.  Do the file extensions of registered file types show up in "My computer"?  If not use Tools | Folder options | View in "My computer" and unselect "Hide extensions for known file types"[/quote]

Nevertheless, whatever the settings for the OS could be, Pmail should save the files as they are, not make them unusable.

This also includes respecting the names of the attachments, imho.

Changing the settings to show extensions does allow Pegasus to save with the extension (of course they show everywhere now), but the drop down menu for "File Type" still only show "all files".  Wonder what function that serves?