[X4U] Why does Mail show .wmv files

[Charles Schneider]

What part of this do you not understand!!!!!!!!!

The mov file will play right in mail when I click the play arrow.  I  
know that it is actually using QT to play the movie right in the mail  
viewing window.  In the past wmv files also played the same way, NOW  
only the audio portion of the wmv file plays.


  I KNOW......

I can right click on the file......blah blah blah

I can open the attachment with many other programs ........ blah blah  
blah


THIS IS NOT WANT I AM ASKING

You seem to claim it is a security problem, is this a guess or what?

I am not asking for the file to automatically start playing when i  
open the email, I would just like to click on the play button and  
actually WATCH the WMV clip, just like it used to do.



Charlie






On Nov 26, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Andrew J. Yon III wrote:

>
> On Nov 26, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Charles Schneider wrote:
>
>> Al and Andrew,
>>
>> I know how to open wmv files outside of mail, I think this is what  
>> you are suggesting.  If it is, it is not a solution to the problem  
>> but a work around.  Please correct me if I am wrong.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 25, 2008, at 4:42 PM, Al Grappone wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Nov 25, 2008, at 10:45, Ray Choiniere wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For what it's worth, just recently I have developed the same  
>>>>> problem, and would very much like to know the solution.
>>>>
>>>> Command click or right click on the attachment and select open  
>>>> this attachment
>>>
>>>
>>> You can also do the same thing to the slide bar itself and open  
>>> them .
>>>
>
>
>
> Actually this feature was a problem ( a security problem ). So far,  
> to date, we Mac users are protected from all the problems ( viruses,  
> adware, trojans, spyware, ..... etc. ), that MS users have, by not  
> allowing things to just automatically run by themselves. We  
> typically have to initiate the item and or enter in a valid user  
> name and password. IMO the new feature change is much more suitable  
> to me due to its secureness. It is not a great deal of inconvenience  
> to me to right click on a video that generally comes from the MS  
> world (generally unsecured ) anyway.  A couple of mouse clicks  
> doesn't require that much energy.
>
> If you are right clicking on it inside the email, technically you  
> are not opening it outside of mail. Think of WMV in that usage as a  
> plug in. If there is an mov file attached, mail doesn't actually  
> open and play it either, Quicktime does.
>
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