PDF's getting corrupted in Hotmail

MikeHunt79 · 11 Apr 2007 at 13:44

When using a pop3 account, i forward a PDF to both a gmail and a hotmail account.

The PDF is fine if I open it from g-mail, yet when I open it in hotmail, it says it is corrupted... wtf? :confused:

Anyone know how to sort this?

Will_3rd · 11 Apr 2007 at 13:48

Hotmail does stuff to attachments i've found like txt files, try compressing them in a zip or rar file that might fix it.

MikeHunt79 · 11 Apr 2007 at 14:05

Yar, ZIPing the file fixed it, but it's still annoying, I'm now having to teach someone the joys of winZIP.

Still, I can always sign 'em up to g-mail i guess - but it's a shame Hotmail is broke to start with.

Will_3rd · 11 Apr 2007 at 14:15

Indeed, Winzip is a bit archiac prefer WinRAR myself, glad you half fixed your problem though

M0t0r0la · 11 Apr 2007 at 14:37

7-Zip > WinRAR > WinZip

However I much prefer using Winrar even though the compression algorithm in 7-Zip is by far the best. WinRAR is just far nicer to use.

Tony Williams · 11 Apr 2007 at 14:41

WinRAR is my overall favourite. If your PDFs are getting corrupt you might want to try Rapidsharing them, see if the same happens.

MikeHunt79 · 11 Apr 2007 at 14:41

Admittedly, Winzip is nasty... My pop3 account is on Win98 rig, and Winzip was already on there, so I'd thought I'd go for that to save time.