Windows 10: Odd Numbering on Attachments from Mail

I've seen this question asked a few times on the Microsoft answers site but nobody seemed to get a resolution: whenever I download an attachment from an email account using the Windows 10 Mail app, it automatically adds a string of numbers in square brackets to the file. For example, if the attachment shows as 'myfile.pdf', it will save as 'myfile[2324].pdf' or 'myfile[8632].pdf' or similar. But if I download the same file using the webmail site, there are no extra numbers.

Can anyone tell me why it's doing this?

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email attachments

Hello Allan,

To attach a document file on an email, you can follow the step given below:

For Windows 10 Mobile:

• Launch to File Explorer app.
• Press and hold the file that you need to attach on the email, and select
  Share button.
• Select Outlook Mail on the suggested applications.

For Windows Phone 8.1:

• Download and install
  Files app.
• Launch Files app.
• Tap and hold the document that you need to attach on the email, and select
  Share button.
• Select the Mail app on the suggested applications.

Feel free to post back if you have other queries.

 

I do not see/receive the odd attachments in Mail App.

Original Title: Mail App not showing some attachments.

I am a brand new Surface Pro 4 / Windows 10 user.

I have setup the Mail App and all seems to be working OK but I do not see/receive the odd attachments (normal Office & PDF docs).

Is there anything specific that I need to configure to make this work seamlessly?

Is there is a limitation as to how docs might be attached to the email by the sender?

Thanks

D

 

I do not see/receive the odd attachments in Mail App.

Hi,



Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

• 
  Which e-mail account is added to mail app?
  

I suggest you to check the behavior by accessing the email account via browser.



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