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Why did a file attach itself to sent mail without my clicking the attach button?

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vfw007
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I sent an email that I did not attach anything to. When I checked my sent folder I saw there was an attachment on it. Clicking on the attachment opens the Adobe Reader and says the file is damaged.

This happened with a gmail address. When I checked it on gmail, there was no attachment.

Do I have a security problem?

I sent an email that I did not attach anything to. When I checked my sent folder I saw there was an attachment on it. Clicking on the attachment opens the Adobe Reader and says the file is damaged. This happened with a gmail address. When I checked it on gmail, there was no attachment. Do I have a security problem?

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christ1
christ1
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If you see the message you sent on the server your account must be IMAP. Then it's not possible that you do see something different in Thunderbird than on the server. I guess you left something out in your problem description.

What kind of file is the actual attachment?