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- try a small, one-character Word .DOC file
- archive the file into a .ZIP and send that instead
- try other Word formats (earlier Word versions, RTF, etc.)
- download any Word doc off Microsoft.com and test with it

Those should get you some good QA metrics.

On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 11:07:13AM -0400, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> I'm still trying to decypher what is going on 
> with NS Word files being stripped from e-mails
> going to people at Emory.
> 
> One theory expressed here is that the Emory
> virii scanners are stripping *.doc files that
> contain nasty bits and pieces.
> 
> As part of my continuing efforts to trouble-shoot
> this mess, I sent off a test message to my wife's 
> account at Emory over the weekend.  It contained a
> 24k JPG and a 29k DOC file.  The DOC file was stripped
> from the email and the JPG came on through.
> 
> The DOC file was created on her work machine at Emory (Mac)
> and it _is_ possible that it is contaminated with 
> something.  But I have no way of finding out what that
> might be.  
> I am willing to send this rebuffed file to anyone who
> can help me figure out _why_ it is being rejected by
> Emory's servers.


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