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Sebastian26
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5 years ago

No preview: .msg-files can‘t be read

Dear community, I would like to preview .msg-files (MS Outlook) on iOS-devices. When I click on a file, it just shows the file name instead of the content. I have installed the outlook app and t...
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Rich
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5 years ago
Sebastian26 wrote:
I would like to preview .msg-files (MS Outlook) on iOS-devices. When I click on a file, it just shows the file name instead of the content.

Dropbox doesn't preview .MSG files. You'll need to export them to an application that is capable of opening them.

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Sebastian26
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago
Thanks for your reply. I tried to open it in the outlook-app, but it just opened up a new outlook-e-Mail with the desired file as an attachment.

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