What is the correct Risc OS filetype for an XLSX file.

I've been emailing these via Risc OS and people have been unable to open
them. Apparently, this is because Risc OS has been adding an additional extension. I hope that by setting the filetype correctly in Risc OS before sending this will cease to happen.

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In article <5b1846c46cSpambin@argonet.co.uk>,
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

What is the correct Risc OS filetype for an XLSX file.

I've been emailing these via Risc OS and people have been unable to open them. Apparently, this is because Risc OS has been adding an additional extension. I hope that by setting the filetype correctly in Risc OS before sending this will cease to happen.

https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/File%20Types

A7F is xlsx

Quiet round here! I think everyone has left the ngs because of spam!

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On 27/12/2023 09:00, Richard Torrens (News) wrote:

In article <5b1846c46cSpambin@argonet.co.uk>,
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

What is the correct Risc OS filetype for an XLSX file.

I've been emailing these via Risc OS and people have been unable to open
them. Apparently, this is because Risc OS has been adding an additional
extension. I hope that by setting the filetype correctly in Risc OS before >> sending this will cease to happen.

https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/File%20Types

A7F is xlsx

Quiet round here! I think everyone has left the ngs because of spam!

I tried to answer this a couple of days ago but I couldn't post from
Pluto - hence Thunderbird.

If you want the file to be immediately opened by a Windows user, then it
should arrive there as filename.xlsx. That means it should leave your
Pluto as filename.xlsx.

If you ensure that Pluto is using PC MIME and not RISCOS MIME, then
attaching it as filename.xlsx should ensure that it arrives without any
RISC OS appendage.

I have used this method when sending PDF files (to other systems) which
are recognised as 'standard' files when passing through the mail system.

I hope this helps and also that I'm not wrong!

John

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In article <5b193fe199news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19716@Torrens.org> wrote:

In article <5b1846c46cSpambin@argonet.co.uk>,
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

What is the correct Risc OS filetype for an XLSX file.

I've been emailing these via Risc OS and people have been unable to open them. Apparently, this is because Risc OS has been adding an additional extension. I hope that by setting the filetype correctly in Risc OS before sending this will cease to happen.

https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/File%20Types

A7F is xlsx

It is indeed and when I look that is what Risc OS is using.

Checking the outgoing queue, I am seeing "Filename.xlsx,A7F"

If I edit, removing the ",A7F and then send, I get no complaints from the addressee.

I have been creating these on the dark side, moving into a common folder,
and then attaching to a message before sending.

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In article <5b19870765Spambin@argonet.co.uk>,
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

In article <5b193fe199news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19716@Torrens.org> wrote:

In article <5b1846c46cSpambin@argonet.co.uk>,
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

What is the correct Risc OS filetype for an XLSX file.

I've been emailing these via Risc OS and people have been
unable to open them. Apparently, this is because Risc OS has
been adding an additional extension. I hope that by setting the
filetype correctly in Risc OS before sending this will cease to
happen.

https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/File%20Types

A7F is xlsx

It is indeed and when I look that is what Risc OS is using.

What RISC OS sees is not the point.

Checking the outgoing queue, I am seeing "Filename.xlsx,A7F"

That is what will be sent by Pluto If you have selected MIME/RO.

I have been creating these on the dark side, moving into a common
folder, and then attaching to a message before sending.

Perhaps you missed the earlier post...

In article <ddb6b226-e29c-41f6-b969-820cfa86ae4e@blueyonder.co.uk>,
John McCartney <j.mccartney@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

If you ensure that Pluto is using PC MIME and not RISCOS MIME, then
attaching it as filename.xlsx should ensure that it arrives
without any RISC OS appendage.

Martin

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In article <5b198cf504News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

Perhaps you missed the earlier post...

In article <ddb6b226-e29c-41f6-b969-820cfa86ae4e@blueyonder.co.uk>,
John McCartney <j.mccartney@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

If you ensure that Pluto is using PC MIME and not RISCOS MIME, then attaching it as filename.xlsx should ensure that it arrives
without any RISC OS appendage.

Hmm, I don't recall ever having made such a selection. How do I select PC
MIME please?

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Tools With A Mission
sending tools across the world
http://www.twam.co.uk/

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In article <5b19c30979Spambin@argonet.co.uk>,
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

In article <5b198cf504News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

Perhaps you missed the earlier post...

In article <ddb6b226-e29c-41f6-b969-820cfa86ae4e@blueyonder.co.uk>,
John McCartney <j.mccartney@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

If you ensure that Pluto is using PC MIME and not RISCOS MIME,
then attaching it as filename.xlsx should ensure that it
arrives without any RISC OS appendage.

Hmm, I don't recall ever having made such a selection. How do I
select PC MIME please?

In every Write Mail or News window there is an icon top rightish which
shows the setting - probably MIME/RO for Mail. Click on it to see the
menu of possibilities, which includes MIME/PC, and use Save if you
want to set it as the default for future. Please see Help -> Written

Mail and News for details of the Attachments encoding.

Martin

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In article <5b19c7c6fcNews03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

In article <5b19c30979Spambin@argonet.co.uk>,
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

In article <5b198cf504News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

Perhaps you missed the earlier post...

In article <ddb6b226-e29c-41f6-b969-820cfa86ae4e@blueyonder.co.uk>,
John McCartney <j.mccartney@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

If you ensure that Pluto is using PC MIME and not RISCOS MIME,
then attaching it as filename.xlsx should ensure that it
arrives without any RISC OS appendage.

Hmm, I don't recall ever having made such a selection. How do I
select PC MIME please?

In every Write Mail or News window there is an icon top rightish which
shows the setting - probably MIME/RO for Mail. Click on it to see the
menu of possibilities, which includes MIME/PC, and use Save if you
want to set it as the default for future. Please see Help -> Written

Mail and News for details of the Attachments encoding.

Thanks, currently seems to be set UUE

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Tools With A Mission
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In article <5b1a08ecdeSpambin@argonet.co.uk>,
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

In article <5b19c7c6fcNews03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

In article <5b19c30979Spambin@argonet.co.uk>,
Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

In article <5b198cf504News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

Perhaps you missed the earlier post...

In article <ddb6b226-e29c-41f6-b969-820cfa86ae4e@blueyonder.co.uk>,
John McCartney <j.mccartney@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

If you ensure that Pluto is using PC MIME and not RISCOS
MIME, then attaching it as filename.xlsx should ensure that
it arrives without any RISC OS appendage.

Hmm, I don't recall ever having made such a selection. How do I
select PC MIME please?

In every Write Mail or News window there is an icon top rightish
which shows the setting - probably MIME/RO for Mail. Click on it
to see the menu of possibilities, which includes MIME/PC, and use
Save if you want to set it as the default for future. Please see
Help -> Written -> Mail and News for details of the Attachments
encoding.

Thanks, currently seems to be set UUE

From your initial description, I suspect that is in s Write News
window not a Write Mail window?

Martin

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