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why are pdf file attachment in emails converting to wordpad and I can open them?

AnonymousUser
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when I use webmail on my laptop why are attachments to email converting to wordpad and I can't open them.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== unknown

when I use webmail on my laptop why are attachments to email converting to wordpad and I can't open them. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == unknown

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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You probably have the wrong Action set for Content-Type PDF, see this: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+file+types